підморгнути

Ukrainian

Etymology

From під- (pid-) +‎ моргну́ти (morhnúty). Compare Russian подморгну́ть (podmorgnútʹ), Belarusian падмаргну́ць (padmarhnúcʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲidmorɦˈnute]

Verb

підморгну́ти • (pidmorhnútypf (imperfective підмо́ргувати) (intransitive, semelfactive)

  1. to wink [with dative or до (do, + genitive) ‘at someone’] (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) to wink (to gleam fitfully or intermittently; to twinkle; to flicker)
    Synonyms: бли́мнути pf (blýmnuty), мигну́ти pf (myhnúty)

Conjugation

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2022), “підморгнути”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 13 (підку́са – покі́рно), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 32
  • підморгнути”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]

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