зловтіха

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From зло (zlo) +‎ вті́ха (vtíxa), apparently a calque of Russian злора́дство (zlorádstvo).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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зловті́ха (zlovtíxaf inan (genitive зловті́хи, uncountable)

  1. schadenfreude, epicaricacy, gloating
    Synonym: злора́дство n (zlorádstvo)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “зловтіха”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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