перечить

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perčiti. Synchronically analyzable as *перёк (*perjók, crosswise) + -ить (-itʹ); compare поперёк (poperjók, crosswise). Cognate with Polish przeczyć (to contradict).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈrʲet͡ɕɪtʲ]

Verb

пере́чить (peréčitʹ) impf (+ dative)

  1. (colloquial) to contradict
  2. (dated) to interfere with, to thwart
  3. (dated) to cut across, to cut crosswise

Conjugation

References

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