гніт

• IPA^(key): [ɦnʲit]

Deverbal from гніти́ти (hnitýty, “to opress, to press, to weigh down”), from Proto-Slavic *gnestì. Compare Belarusian гнёт (hnjot).

гніт • (hnit) m inan (genitive гні́та, nominative plural гні́ти, genitive plural гні́тів)

1. press, weight

гніт • (hnit) m inan (genitive гні́ту, nominative plural гні́ти, genitive plural гні́тів)

1. pressing, weighing down
2. oppression, yoke
3. burden, weight (of), being oppressed (with / by)

• нагніта́ти impf (nahnitáty)
• гнітю́чий (hnitjúčyj)

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “гніт”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “гніт”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гніт”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “гніт”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

Deverbal from гніти́ти (hnitýty, “to ruddy (bread)”), from Proto-Slavic *gnětiti. Further etymology uncertain, but likely related to *gňiti. Compare Old Church Slavonic гнѣтити (gnětiti, “to ignite”), Polish niecić (“to stir up (fire)”), Slovak nietiť (“to stir up (fire)”), Slovene nétiti (“to stir up (fire)”). Sometimes also further compared with Old Prussian knaistis (“brand, a piece of burning wood”), Old English gnīdan (“to rub”), Old High German gnītan (“to rub”).

гніт • (hnit) m inan (genitive гні́ту, nominative plural гні́ти, genitive plural гні́тів)

1. fire used to ruddy bread

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гнітити²”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 539
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “гніт”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina