хропіти

Ukrainian

Etymology

Possibly хроп(ти́) (xrop(tý)) +‎ -і́ти (-íty), from Proto-Slavic *xropti.[1] Compare *xrapěti, whence Russian храпе́ть (xrapétʹ), and *xrapati, whence Polish chrapać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xroˈpʲite]
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Verb

хропі́ти • (xropítyimpf (perfective похропі́ти) (intransitive)

  1. to snore
  2. (chiefly of animals) to snort (to exhale roughly)
  3. (dialectal) synonym of хрипі́ти impf (xrypíty, to wheeze)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • хропти́ impf (xroptý)

Derived terms

  • хропі́ння n (xropínnja)

See also

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хропіти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 215

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