пугать

Etymology
From, dialectal , cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. 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, compare dialectal (Pskov) 'give birth'. For further details see.

Verb

 * 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