скубти

Ukrainian

Alternative forms
  • скубати (skubaty)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sku(b)ti. Cognate with Bulgarian ску́бя (skúbja), Serbo-Croatian скупти/skupti, Slovene oskubiti (“pluck”). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afskiuban), Old Norse skúfa and skýfa (“to push, shove”), German schieben, Sanskrit क्षुभ्यति (kṣubhyati, “to shake, be agitated”), Persian آشفتن‎ (âšoftan, “to agitate”). Compare Slovak and Czech chyba.

Verb

ску́бти • (skúbty) impf (perfective скубну́ти)

  1. to pull, to tug
  2. to pluck

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “скубу”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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