жать

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yāt (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”).Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (jat, “alien, foreign”), Kazakh жат (jat), Uzbek yot (“alien, foreign”).

Noun

жать • (jatʹ)

  1. alien, strange, foreign (not recognized as familiar, a friend or part of one's community)
  2. unfamiliar

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐatʲ]
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žęti; cognate with Old Church Slavonic жѧти (žęti), 1sg. жьмѫ (žĭmǫ).

Verb

жать • (žatʹ) impf (perfective сжать or пожа́ть)

  1. to press, to squeeze
    жать ру́ку ― žatʹ rúku ― shake hands
  2. (sports) to benchpress, to lift
  3. to pinch, to hurt, to be tight
    о́бувь жмёт ― óbuvʹ žmjot ― the shoes are tight (too small)
  4. to press out, to squeeze out
  5. to oppress, to draw near
    сро́ки жмут ― sróki žmut ― we are reaching the deadline
Conjugation
Derived terms
verbs
  • выжимка (vyžimka), жим (žim), жом (žom), жмых (žmyx), зажи́м (zažím), нажи́м (nažím), обжимка (obžimka), отжим (otžim), пережим (perežim)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žęti; cognate with Old Church Slavonic жѧти (žęti), 1sg. жьнѭ (žĭnjǫ).

Verb

жать • (žatʹ) impf (perfective сжать or пожа́ть)

  1. to reap, to crop
    что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь ― što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ ― as you sow, so shall you reap
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