окунуть

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okǫpnǫti.

For the п (p) dropping, compare тону́ть (tonútʹ) (< Proto-Slavic *topnǫti, akin to *topiti (whence топи́ть (topítʹ))).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐkʊˈnutʲ]
  • Rhymes: -utʲ

Verb

окуну́ть • (okunútʹpf (imperfective окуна́ть)

  1. (transitive) to dip, to plunge (something into something)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “окунуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress