жартовац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak žartovať, from Middle High German serten. By surface analysis, жарта (žarta) +‎ -овац (-ovac). Cognates include Belarusian жартава́ць (žartavácʹ), Czech žertovat, Polish żartować, Slovak žartovať and Ukrainian жартува́ти (žartuváty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʒarˈtɔvat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
  • Hyphenation: жар‧то‧вац

Verb

жартовац (žartovacimpf (perfective пожартовац)

  1. (intransitive) to joke, to joke around
    Synonym: франтовац (frantovac)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • жартовлїви (žartovljivi)
adverbs
  • жартовлїво (žartovljivo)
  • жартуюци (žartujuci)
nouns
  • жартованє n (žartovanje)

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