єти

See also: ѥти and ети

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • іті́ (ití)
  • ється (jetʹsja), єбти́ (jebtý), їбти́ (jibtý) (with secondarily restored -б- (-b-))

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian *єти (*jeti), from Old East Slavic ети (jeti), from Proto-Slavic *jetì (“to copulate”).[1][2] Cognate with Russian е́ть (jétʹ), ети́ (jetí), Old Novgorodian ѥти (jeti), Ancient Greek οἴφω (oíphō), Sanskrit यभति (yábhati).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjɛte]

Verb

є́ти • (jéty) impf

  1. (archaic, dialectal, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse

References

  1. ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “єба́ти”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 307: “єбти́, є́ти (< *jeb-ti) ‘to have a sexual intercourse’”
  2. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2021) “ебáть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 229: “укр. jéty ― ukr. jéty”
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*etì; *ebàti; *ěbàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147: “v. (c) ‘copulate’”
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