рачить

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *račiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɐˈt͡ɕitʲ]

Verb

рачи́ть • (račítʹ) impf

  1. (obsolete) to desire, to want
  2. (obsolete) to be diligent, to strive
  3. (video games slang, colloquial, derogatory) to play unskillfully
  4. (slang, derogatory, by extension) to do anything unskillfully

Conjugation

  • рачи́тельный (račítelʹnyj)

Further reading

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