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мерцать

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мрьцати (mrĭcati), from Proto-Slavic *mьrcati. Doublet of native dialectal мерка́ть (merkátʹ), also compare смерка́ться (smerkátʹsja).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mʲɪrˈt͡satʲ]
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Verb

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мерца́ть (mercátʹimpf

  1. to shimmer, to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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

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