скитаться

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic скытати ся (skytati sja), from Proto-Slavic *skytati (sę). Cognate with Serbian Church Slavonic скытати сѧ (skytati sę), Ukrainian скита́тися (skytátysja), Bulgarian ски́там се (skítam se), Serbo-Croatian скитати, Slovene skítati sе. More distantly cognate with Lithuanian kutė́ti (to shake), Proto-Germanic *skundijaną (to accelerate). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (to shake, rattle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [skʲɪˈtat͡sːə]

Verb

скита́ться (skitátʹsja) impf

  1. to wander, to stray
    скитаться по бе́лу све́туskitatʹsja po bélu svétuto knock about the world

Conjugation

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