всхлипнуть

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Russian

Etymology

Perhaps всхлип (vsxlip) +‎ -нуть (-nutʹ).

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Verb

всхли́пнуть (vsxlípnutʹpf (imperfective всхли́пывать)

  1. to sob, to weep
    • 1872, Иван Тургенев , “XXI”, in Вешние воды; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Torrents of Spring, 1897:
      Он протяну́л ему́ ру́ку. Эми́ль покачну́лся вперёд, всхли́пнул, прижа́л её к свои́м губа́м — и, соскочи́в с доро́ги, побежа́л наза́д к Фра́нкфурту, че́рез по́ле.
      On protjanúl jemú rúku. Emílʹ pokačnúlsja vperjód, vsxlípnul, prižál jejó k svoím gubám — i, soskočív s dorógi, pobežál nazád k Fránkfurtu, čérez póle.
      He held out his hand to him. Emil bent forward, sobbed, pressed it to his lips, and darting away from the road, ran back towards Frankfort across country.

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