вишмейовац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

From вишмеяц (višmejac) +‎ -овац (-ovac).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [viʃmɛˈjɔvat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
  • Hyphenation: ви‧шме‧йо‧вац

Verb

вишмейовац (višmejovacimpf (perfective вишмеяц)

  1. (transitive) to taunt, to mock, to make fun of
    Synonyms: робиц шмих (robic šmix), ошмейовац (ošmejovac)
  2. (reflexive with ше (še)) to taunt, to mock, to make fun of each other, one another
  3. (reflexive with ше (še)) to laugh out loud
  4. (reflexive with ше (še)) to taunt, to mock, to ridicule, to deride [with з (z) or зоз (zoz, + genitive)]
    Synonyms: робиц шмих (robic šmix), видрижньовац (vidrižnʹovac), видрижняц (vidrižnjac), подшмиховац (podšmixovac)
    вишмеюю ше з ньогоvišmejuju še z nʹohothey are mocking him

Usage notes

  • In the sense of "to taunt", the reflexive form is more common, and is also considered somewhat more derogatory.

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjectives
  • вишмейовацки (višmejovacki)
nouns
  • вишмейовач m (višmejovač)

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