стонать

Russian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic стонати (stonati), from Proto-Slavic *stenàti. Compare Bulgarian стон (ston), Czech stonati. Non-Slavic cognates include Ancient Greek στόνος (stónos, a sighing or groaning), Latin tonō (to thunder, to resound) and Sanskrit स्तनति (stanati, to roar, to cry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [stɐˈnatʲ]
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Verb

стона́ть (stonátʹ) impf (perfective застона́ть or простона́ть)

  1. to groan, to moan
  2. to suffer, to languish

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

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