рачить

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *račiti.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

рачи́ть (račítʹimpf

  1. (obsolete) to desire, to want
  2. (obsolete) to be diligent, to strive
  3. (video games slang, colloquial, derogatory) to play unskillfully
  4. (slang, derogatory, by extension) to do anything unskillfully

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Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рачить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress