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чихать

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čixati, of onomatopoeic origin.

Cognate with Bulgarian чи́хамь (číhamʹ) (Gerov), Slovene číhati (tonal orthography) (1sg. čȋham (tonal orthography)), Upper Sorbian čichać, Lower Sorbian tśichaś. Also found as чхать (čxatʹ), inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьxati, cognate with Ukrainian чха́ти (čxáty), Belarusian чхаць (čxacʹ), Polish czchać.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪˈxatʲ]
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Verb

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чиха́ть • (čixátʹ) impf (perfective чихну́ть, verbal noun чиха́ние)

  1. to sneeze
  2. to scorn, to disdain
    мне чиха́ть (на)
    mne čixátʹ (na)
    I don't give a damn (for), I don't care a button (about)

Conjugation

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чихать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “чихать”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

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