підморгувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From підморг(ну́ти) (pidmorh(núty)) +‎ -увати (-uvaty). Compare Russian подма́ргивать (podmárgivatʹ), Belarusian падмо́ргваць (padmórhvacʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲidˈmɔrɦʊʋɐte]

Verb

підмо́ргувати • (pidmórhuvatyimpf (perfective (semelfactive) підморгну́ти) (intransitive)

  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)
    Synonym: бли́мати impf (blýmaty)

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