щитати

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Ruthenian счита́ти (sčitáti), щита́ти (ščitáti), continuing Old East Slavic съчьтати (sŭčĭtati). Influenced by Russian считать (sčitatʹ).

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Verb[edit]

щита́ти (ščytátyimpf (colloquial)

  1. to calculate
  2. to count
  3. to think, to opine, to consider
    • 1992, Valentyn Sperkach, Кубанські козаки. А вже літ двісті... [Kuban Cossacks. Already two hundred years...]‎[1], via YouTube, retrieved July 27, 2022:
      - По паспорту хто ви?
      - Ну, руський, канєшно, по паспорту.
      - А себе щитаєте ким?
      - Хох, а себе щитаєм ми хахлами!
      - Po pasportu xto vy?
      - Nu, rusʹkyj, kanješno, po pasportu.
      - A sebe ščytajete kym?
      - Xox, a sebe ščytajem my xaxlamy!
      -Who are you in the passports?
      -Well, Russian, of course, in the passports.
      -But whom do you consider yourselves to be?
      -Hoh, we consider ourselves to be khokhols!

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