петрати

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Петро́ (Petró) +‎ -ати (-aty). Compare мики́тити (mykýtyty, to think; to think over; to be smart), from Мики́та (Mykýta) +‎ -ити (-yty).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

пе́трати (pétratyimpf

  1. (colloquial) to be well versed in
  2. (colloquial) to understand (in this sense mostly used in negative statements)

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Further reading[edit]

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пе́трати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 361