нака́ркать
rare #41709
- 1.
to jinx, to bring bad luck by talking about it, to tempt fate
Ну вот, ты нака́ркал — дождь пошёл.
There you go, you jinxed it - it started raining.
Colloquial; literally 'to caw something into being' (from каркать, of a crow). Most often used in the past tense as a reproach: Накаркал! 'You jinxed it!'
Examples
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | нака́ркаю |
| ты | - | нака́ркаешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | нака́ркает |
| мы | - | нака́ркаем |
| вы | - | нака́ркаете |
| они́ | - | нака́ркают |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | нака́ркай |
| вы | нака́ркайте |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | нака́ркал |
| feminine | нака́ркала |
| neuter | нака́ркало |
| plural | нака́ркали |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having jinxed, having foretold misfortune, having prophesied ill | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | foretold (by an ill omen), jinxed, cursed, ill-fated | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | нака́ркав накаркавши | while doing (past) |
Word familyка́ркатьPRO
- ка́ркатьto caw; to prophesy ill
- ка́ркнутьto croak
- нака́ркатьto jinx
- раска́ркатьсяto start cawing loudly; to prophesy ill
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Lisa edited verb basics 6 years ago.
