икать

Russian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jьkati, morphologically from onomatopoeic и (i) + -кать (-katʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪˈkatʲ]

Verb

ика́ть (ikátʹ) impf (perfective икну́ть)

  1. to hiccup
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

и (i) + -кать (-katʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈikətʲ]

Verb

и́кать (íkatʹ) impf

  1. (linguistics) to pronounce unstressed е (je) as и (i), to the Standard Russian pronunciation, to rather than as е (je)
Usage notes

An example is the Standard Russian pronunciation of земля́ (zemljá) as [zʲɪmˈlʲa], which could be respelled as *зимля́ (*zimljá).

Conjugation
Derived terms
  • и́канье (íkanʹje)
Antonyms
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