пљувати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plьvati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (to spit, vomit). Cognate with Bulgarian плюя (pljuja), Slovene pljuvati, Russian плева́ть (plevátʹ), Slovak pľuť. Non-Slavic cognates include Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati, to spit), Old Armenian թուք (tʿukʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʎûʋati/
  • Hyphenation: пљу‧ва‧ти

Verb

пљу̏вати impf (Latin spelling pljȕvati)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to spit

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • испљу̀вати
  • попљу̀вати
  • упљу̀вати
  • запљу̀вати

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), плевать”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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