висмоктати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From ви́- (vý-) +‎ смокта́ти (smoktáty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɪsmɔktɐte]
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Verb

ви́смоктати • (výsmoktatypf (imperfective висмо́ктувати) (transitive) [with з (z, + genitive) ‘from, out of’]

  1. (literally) to suck out, to suck
  2. (figuratively) to suck out, to drain, to leech (extract all of: energy, resources, etc.)

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