борсатися

Ukrainian

Etymology

Uncertain. Oleg Trubachyov suggests a connection with Proto-Slavic *brъsati / *brъsiti.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔrsɐtesʲɐ]

Verb

бо́рсатися • (bórsatysja) impf (perfective побо́рсатися)

  1. to flounder, to flail, to flail about, to struggle, to thrash about
    Synonym: би́тися impf (býtysja)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • бо́рсання n (bórsannja)
Prefixed verbs
  • забо́рсуватися impf (zabórsuvatysja), забо́рсатися pf (zabórsatisja)

References

  1. Trubachyov, O. N. (1967) “J. B. Rudnyćkyj. An etymological dictionary of the Ukrainian language, part 1–3”, in Этимология 1965: Материалы и исследования по индоевропейским и другим языкам, Moscow, page 383
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “борсатися”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 235

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