шкрябати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From шкряб (škrjab, onomatopoeia of scraping/scratching) +‎ -ати (-aty). Related to шкребти́ (škrebtý), a phonetic variant of скребти́ (skrebtý).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃkrʲabɐte]

Verb

шкря́бати • (škrjábatyimpf (perfective шкрябну́ти (semelfactive) or пошкря́бати)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to scrape, to scratch (to noisily draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure)
    Synonyms: дря́пати impf (drjápaty), скребти́ impf (skrebtý), шкребти́ impf (škrebtý), шкро́бати impf (škróbaty)
  2. (transitive) to scratch (to mark a surface with a sharp object)
  3. (transitive) to scrape (to remove by drawing a sharp object along while exerting pressure)
  4. (transitive, figuratively, derogatory) to scratch, to scrawl, to scribble (to write or draw carelessly)
    Synonym: дря́пати impf (drjápaty)
  5. (transitive, figuratively, colloquial) to grate on (to irritate, to annoy)
  6. (transitive, figuratively, colloquial) to gnaw at (to produce excessive anxiety or worry)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • шкря́бання n (škrjábannja)
verbs
  • вишкря́бувати impf (vyškrjábuvaty), ви́шкрябати pf (výškrjabaty)
  • зішкря́бувати impf (ziškrjábuvaty), зішкря́бати pf (ziškrjábaty)
  • зшкря́бувати impf (zškrjábuvaty), зшкря́бати pf (zškrjábaty)
  • пошкря́бати pf (poškrjábaty)
  • шкря́батися impf (škrjábatysja), шкрябну́тися pf (škrjabnútysja)
  • скребти́ impf (skrebtý)
  • шкребти́ impf (škrebtý)
  • шкро́бати impf (škróbaty)
  • шкряб (škrjab), шкряб-шкря́б (škrjab-škrjáb)

See also

  • чу́хати impf (čúxaty)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шкребти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 435

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