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Russian
Etymology
вы́- (vý-) + сечь (sečʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
вы́сечь • (výsečʹ) pf (imperfective сечь or высека́ть)
- to hew, to carve, to sculpt, to cut
- вы́сечь на́дпись на надгро́бном ка́мне ― výsečʹ nádpisʹ na nadgróbnom kámne ― to carve the inscription on the gravestone
- вы́сечь ого́нь ― výsečʹ ogónʹ ― to strike fire (from a flint)
- to whip (as a punishment)
Толпа́ набро́силась на ни́х с ги́каньем и ру́ганью, разде́ла их почти́ донага́ и жесто́ко вы́секла.- Tolpá nabrósilasʹ na níx s gíkanʹjem i rúganʹju, razdéla ix počtí donagá i žestóko výsekla.
- The crowd attacked them with a whooping and swearing, undressed them nearly naked and flogged them severely.
- Perfective: (only) сечь (sečʹ)
Conjugation
Conjugation of вы́сечь (class 8a perfective transitive)
Further reading
- высечь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru