перечить

Russian

Etymology

From *перёк (*perjók, crosswise) + -ить (-itʹ); compare поперёк (poperjók, crosswise). Cognate with Polish przeczyć (to contradict). Underlying root still found in Old East Slavic перекъ (perekŭ, width, crossbeam) as well as Belarusian пе́рек (pjérjek, across); Ukrainian пере́ка (peréka, contradiction); Bulgarian пря́ко (prjáko, straight, across); Serbo-Croatian при̏jек (steep); при̏jекӣ (straight, nearest); при̏jеко (through); Slovene рrе̑k (across (adverb)), also рrе̑ko; prèk (across (preposition)); Czech příka (steepness); příč (width); Slovak priek (resistance); Polish przeko (across); Upper Sorbian prěki (across); Lower Sorbian pŕeki (across).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈrʲet͡ɕɪtʲ]

Verb

пере́чить (peréčitʹ) impf (+ dative)

  1. (colloquial) to contradict
  2. (dated) to interfere with, to thwart
  3. (dated) to cut across, to cut crosswise

Conjugation

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