адгаварыць

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian отговорити (othovoriti).[1] By surface analysis, ад- (ad-) +‎ гавары́ць (havarýcʹ). Cognate with Russian отговори́ть (otgovorítʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [adɣavaˈrɨt͡sʲ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨt͡sʲ
  • Hyphenation: ад‧га‧ва‧рыць

Verb

адгавары́ць • (adhavarýcʹpf (imperfective адгаво́рваць)

  1. (transitive) to discourage, dishearten, dissuade, talk out of
    Antonyms: заахво́чваць (zaaxvóčvacʹ), падбадзёрваць (padbadzjórvacʹ)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2003), “отговорити”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 23 (осударский – паписта), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 57

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