перечить

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perčiti. By surface analysis, *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. to contradict
  2. to interfere with, to thwart
  3. to cut across, to cut crosswise

Conjugation

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перечить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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