Париться
2017-03-05
париться means, in my experience, to worry. Кузнецов gives many meanings for this verb, all related to the literal meaning of пар, steam [1]; the closest to the meaning I observed is испытывать жару, зной, изнемогать от жары, зноя [1], which is in a way how you feel when you’re worried. Boutler’s slang dictionary agrees with me [2]. Vasmer says пар is related to преть, прею [3], meaning тлеть, гнить от сырости и тепла [4], that is, to rot, decay from humidity and heat. He tells the reader to compare преть with Greek πίμπρημι [5], meaning burn [6]; this relationship is also present in Starling’s database, with support from Pokorny [7].
- [1] париться. С. А. Кузнецов, Большой толковый словарь русского языка. Грамота
- [2] париться. Russian-English slang dictionary. Mat
- [3] пар. Max Vasmer, Этимологический словарь русского языка. ΛΓΩ / Starling
- [4] преть. С. А. Кузнецов, Большой толковый словарь русского языка. Грамота
- [5] преть. Max Vasmer, Этимологический словарь русского языка. ΛΓΩ / Starling
- [6] πίμπρημι. Liddell, Scott, Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon. LSJ
- [7] *perǝ-, *prē. Starling, Indo-European etymology. Starling