пенять

Russian

Etymology

Perhaps from пе́ня (pénja) +‎ -я́ть (-játʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈnʲætʲ]

Verb

пеня́ть • (penjátʹimpf (perfective попеня́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to reproach (with), to blame
    пеня́й на себя́penjáj na sebjáyou alone are to blame; you have only yourself to blame
    не́чего на зе́ркало пеня́ть, коли ро́жа крива́néčevo na zérkalo penjátʹ, koli róža krivádon't lay your own faults at another person's door; don't blame your own faults on others

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пеня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “пеня”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 19
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “пенять”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “пенять”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN

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