ссать

Old Ruthenian

Verb

ссать • (ssatʹ) impf (perfective посса́ть)

  1. Alternative form of сса́ти (ssáti, to suck)

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “ссати, ссать”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 292

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An assimilation of сцать (scatʹ), from Proto-Slavic *sьcati (to piss) < *sьkati, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sːatʲ]
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Verb

ссать • (ssatʹ) impf (perfective посса́ть or засса́ть)

  1. (vulgar) to piss, to urinate
    Synonyms: мочи́ться (močítʹsja), пи́сать (písatʹ), отли́ть (otlítʹ), справля́ться по нужде́ (spravljátʹsja po nuždé), ходи́ть по-ма́лому (xodítʹ po-málomu), сцать (scatʹ)
    Perfective: посса́ть (possátʹ)
  2. (vulgar) to be afraid, to fear, to chicken out
    Synonyms: боя́ться (bojátʹsja), тру́сить (trúsitʹ)
    Не ссы, она́ тебя́ не уку́сит.Ne ssy, oná tebjá ne ukúsit.Don't be a wussy, it won't bite you (of a dog).
    Perfective: засса́ть (zassátʹ)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • си́кать impf (síkatʹ)

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 485
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сцать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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