пущац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak púšťať, from Proto-Slavic *puščati. By surface analysis, пущиц (puščic) +‎ -ац (-ac).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuʃt͡ʃat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -uʃt͡ʃat͡s
  • Hyphenation: пу‧щац

Verb

пущац (puščacimpf (perfective пущиц)

  1. (transitive) to let go, to release
    пущац з рукохpuščac z rukoxto let go from the hands
    пущац стрелуpuščac streluto shoot the/an arrow (literally, “to release the/an arrow”)
  2. (transitive) to let, to allow, to permit
    мац нє пуща дзеци сами до кина
    mac nje pušča dzeci sami do kina
    the mother does not let the children go to the cinema alone
    пущац статок пасцpuščac statok pascto let the cattle out to pasture
  3. (transitive) to play (films, music, etc.)
    пущац музикуpuščac muzikuto play music
  4. (transitive) to melt, to thaw
    Synonym: розпущовац (rozpuščovac)
  5. (transitive, of plants) to shoot, to sprout
    квашняк барз пуща коренї
    kvašnjak barz pušča korenji
    sorrel takes root very well
    репчень пуща фатюгиrepčenʹ pušča fatjuhiwild mustard drives out shoots
  6. (transitive) to stuff [with пирє (pirje)] (to fill a duvet, pillow etc. with feathers)
    пущац пирє до заглавкиpuščac pirje do zahlavkito stuff feathers into the pillow
  7. (transitive) to give off (warmth, heat etc.)
  8. (obsolete as intransitive, reflexive with ше (še), of snow) to melt, to thaw
    шнїг помали пущаšnjih pomali puščathe snow is slowly melting
    шнїг ше пущаšnjih še puščathe snow is melting
  9. (reflexive with ше (še)) to unfreeze, to defrost
    Synonyms: одмарзовац (odmarzovac), розпущовац (rozpuščovac)
  10. (reflexive with ше (še), of stains, dirt etc.) to come off
    райбем, а шпляхи ше нє сцу пущац
    rajbem, a špljaxi še nje scu puščac
    I'm washing it, but the stains won't come off
  11. (reflexive with ше (še), of knitted items) to tear, to rip
    пущаю ше машлїpuščaju še mašljithe neckties are tearing
  12. (reflexive with ше (še)) to start, to set off

Conjugation

nouns
  • пущанє n (puščanje)
verbs
  • напущац pf (napuščac)
  • попущац pf (popuščac)
  • припущац impf (pripuščac)

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