Parts of speech
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помешкання gen. помешкання - lodging, apartment, flat |
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мешкання gen. мешкання - (action of) residing, dwelling мешканець gen. мешканця - inhabitant, resident, dweller (masculine), usually of a city, village or area мешканка gen. мешканки - inhabitant, resident, dweller (feminine), usually of a city, village or area |
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Verbs |
мешкати - to reside, live, dwell замешк(ув)ати - to move into a flat or dwelling (colloquial) |
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Useful compounds |
мешканці села - country/village dwellers мешканці міста - city/town dwellers |
Additional information
1. partial synonyms for помешкання are квартира, житло; for мешкати - жити, проживати; замешкати - поселитися; мешканець - житель
2. the word мешкати probably derives from the old Slavonic form мешкать, meaning to linger, delay, be slow; it probably gained its current meaning under the influence of the Polish mieszkać.
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