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дратувати

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Possibly from дра́ти (dráty) +‎ -увати (-uvaty), from Proto-Slavic *dьràti. Cognate with Russian дратовать (dratovatʹ), Bulgarian дретат (dretat).[1]This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [drɐtʊˈʋate]
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Verb

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дратува́ти (dratuvátyimpf (transitive)

  1. to annoy, to irritate, to irk, to get on the nerves of, to vex
  2. to exasperate
  3. to tease, to goad, to get a rise out of (provoke)

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “дратувати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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