брехати

From Proto-Slavic *brexati, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerk-, from *bʰer-.

Cognate with Belarusian брахаць (braxacʹ), Russian брехать (brexatʹ), Slovak brechat'.

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• IPA^(key): [breˈxate]

бреха́ти • (brexáty) impf (perfective збреха́ти)

1. (intransitive) to lie
2. (intransitive, colloquial) to bark

   Synonym: га́вкати (hávkaty)

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• брехня́ (brexnjá, “lie”, noun)

• Kotliarevsky, Ivan (1842), “брехать”, in Словарь Малороссійскихъ словъ, содержащихся въ Энеидѣ [Dictionary of Ukrainian words contained in the Eneida] (in Russian), Kharkiv: University Printing House, page 4
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “брехати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “брехати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka