пугать

From Proto-Slavic *puďati, dialectal пужа́ть (pužátʹ), cognate with Ukrainian пужати (pužaty), Belarusian пужаць (pužacʹ). Presence of evolution Proto-Slavic /ď/→Russian /г/ testifies to the borrowing from the Old Novgorodian or Old Pskovian dialects where this transition was regular[1], compare dialectal (Pskov) рога́ть (rogátʹ) 'give birth'. For further details see Proto-Slavic *pǫditi.

• IPA^(key): [pʊˈɡatʲ]

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пуга́ть • (pugátʹ) impf (perfective испуга́ть or напуга́ть or пугну́ть or попуга́ть)

1. to frighten suddenly, to startle
2. to worry, to make anxious
3. to warn, to caution, to alert
4. to intimidate, to threaten, to browbeat

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• пуга́ние (pugánije), запу́гивание (zapúgivanije)

• пуга́ч (pugáč), пу́гало (púgalo), испу́г (ispúg)
• пугли́вый (puglívyj)
• пужливой (pužlivoj)

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