дрыхнуть

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰruHs-ne-ti, from *dʰrewHs- (to fall down, break off). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *dreusaną (to fall).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

дры́хнуть (drýxnutʹimpf

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) to sleep
    Synonym: (neutral term) спать (spatʹ)
    • 2008, Дарья Аркадьевна Донцова (Darya Arkadyevna Dontsova, Фанера Милосская: роман: Продюсер козьей морды:
      Дры́хнешь как суро́к, — засмея́лась тётка, — вторы́е су́тки пошли́!
      Drýxnešʹ kak surók, — zasmejálasʹ tjótka, — vtorýje sútki pošlí!
      You're sleeping like a log (literally, a marmot), the auntie laughed - it's the second day now!

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References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*drūsēn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105