жерти

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic жерети (žereti), from Proto-Slavic *žèrti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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же́рти (žértyimpf (perfective поже́рти) (transitive)

  1. to devour, to gobble, to gorge oneself on, to scoff (eat greedily)
  2. (figuratively) to consume, to devour, to engulf (of fire: rapidly destroy)
  3. (figuratively) to consume, to devour, to engulf (of desires, feelings, etc. absorb or engross the mind fully; overwhelm)

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