жартаваць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

żartawać, žartavać — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

жарт (žart) +‎ -аваць (-avacʹ). Compare Polish żartować, Ukrainian жартува́ти (žartuváty).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʐartaˈvat͡sʲ]
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Verb

жартава́ць • (žartavácʹ) impf (perfective пажартава́ць)

to joke, to make a joke
Synonym: (regional) шуткава́ць (šutkavácʹ)

жартуеш! ― žartuješ! ― you're joking!

жартава́ць з агнём ― žartavácʹ z ahnjóm ― to play with fire (literally, “to joke with fire”)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

нажартава́ць (nažartavácʹ)
пажартава́ць (pažartavácʹ)

References

“жартаваць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
“жартаваць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

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