дуть

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Russian

Etymology

From Late Proto-Slavic *dǫti from Early Proto-Slavic *dъm-ti, from the root of *dymъ (smoke). Cognate to Russian дым (dym) and English damp.

Pronunciation

Verb

дуть (dutʹimpf (perfective поду́ть or ду́нуть)

  1. to blow
    Ве́тер ду́ет нам в лицо́.
    Véter dújet nam v licó.
    The wind is blowing into our faces.
    • 1945, Иван Бунин [Ivan Bunin], Мадрид, Нью-Йорк: Новоселье; English translation from Hugh Aplin, transl., Madrid, United Kingdom: Alma Classics, 2008:
      Она́, вся дрожа́, прижа́лась к нему́ и зашепта́ла с ме́лким, счастли́вым сме́хом:
      — То́лько за ра́ди Бо́га не ду́йте мне в ше́ю, на весь дом закричу́, страсть бою́сь щеко́тки…
      Oná, vsja drožá, prižálasʹ k nemú i zašeptála s mélkim, sčastlívym sméxom:
      — Tólʹko za rádi Bóga ne dújte mne v šéju, na vesʹ dom zakričú, strastʹ bojúsʹ ščekótki…
      Trembling all over, she pressed up against him and whispered with a happy little laugh:
      “Only for God’s sake don’t blow on my neck or I’ll start shouting for the whole building to hear, I’m terribly ticklish…”
  2. to be drafty
    Здесь ду́ет.
    Zdesʹ dújet.
    There is a draft here.
  3. to go quickly, to scamper
    А ну дуй отсю́да!
    A nu duj otsjúda!
    Off with you quickly!
  4. (colloquial) to smoke marijuana
    Ты ду́ешь?
    Ty dúješʹ?
    Do you smoke weed?

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