геть

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish het, a variant of Polish hen; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *eno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦɛtʲ]

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Adverb

геть • (hetʹ)

1. far away
2. very, much, strongly

Interjection

геть • (hetʹ)

1. get out!, get lost!, go away!
   • Геть з моїх очей!

     Hetʹ z mojix očej!

     Get out of my sight!

Descendants

• → Russian: геть (getʹ)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “геть”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “геть”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN