ссать

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sːatʲ]
  • (file)

Verb

ссать (ssatʹ) impf (perfective посса́ть or засса́ть)

  1. (vulgar) to piss, urinate, pfпосса́ть (possátʹ)
  2. (vulgar) to be afraid, to fear, to chicken out, pfзасса́ть (zassátʹ)
    Не ссы, она́ тебя́ не уку́сит.Ne ssy, oná tebjá ne ukúsit.Don't be a chicken, it won't bite you (of a dog).

Conjugation

Synonyms

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, page 485
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), сцать”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
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