дрижаки

Ukrainian

Etymology

Derived from дрижати (dryžaty), from Proto-Slavic *drъžati (“to tremble, shiver”). By surface analysis, дрижати (dryžaty, “to tremble”) +‎ -ак (-ak, “nominalizing suffix”) +‎ -и (-y, “plural suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dreʒɐˈkɪ]

Noun

дрижаки́ • (dryžaký) m inan pl (genitive дрижакі́в, plural only)

  1. (colloquial) chills, trembling (from fear, cold, illness, etc.)

Declension

  • дрож (drož)
  • дрижа (dryža)
  • дрижавка (dryžavka)
  • дрижик (dryžyk)
  • дрогка (drohka)

References

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

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.