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דוּיען זיך
‘to pout’

דוּיען זיך
'to pout'

ETYMOLOGY

[Probably from Ukrainian.]
Ukrainian: дутися '; Russian ду́ться 'get angry; pout'; cf. Polish dąć się; Belarusian дзьмуцца; from Proto-Slavic ✱dǫ̀ti; from PIE ✱dʰemH-. Cognate with Sanskrit धमति (dhámati) 'to suck'; Y דאַמף and דעמפֿן (see).