буркать

Russian

Etymology

Cognate with Ukrainian бу́ркати (búrkaty), буркота́ти (burkotáty), Slovene búrkati, Polish burknąć. Possibly onomatopoeic in origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈburkətʲ]
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Verb

бу́ркать • (búrkatʹimpf (perfective бу́ркнуть)

  1. to growl out, to bark out, to say something angrily or with dissatisfaction
  2. to mumble out, to say something softly and unclearly

Conjugation