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Russian
Etymology
за- (za-) + копа́ть (kopátʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
закопа́ть • (zakopátʹ) pf (imperfective зака́пывать)
- to bury, to dig (into)
- закопа́ть в зе́млю свой тала́нт ― zakopátʹ v zémlju svoj talánt ― to let one's talent go to waste
1880, Николай Лесков , “Глава шестая”, in Несмертельный Голован; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Deathless Golovan, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:Показа́лось ему́, что кто́-то на той стороне́ спуска́ется с кру́чи. Мо́жет быть, вор хо́чет закопа́ть в гли́не что́-нибудь кра́деное.- Pokazálosʹ jemú, što któ-to na toj storoné spuskájetsja s krúči. Móžet bytʹ, vor xóčet zakopátʹ v glíne štó-nibudʹ krádenoje.
- It seemed to him that somebody was going down the steep slope on the other side. Maybe a thief wanted to bury some stolen thing in the clay.
- to fill up (with earth)
- закопа́ть я́му ― zakopátʹ jámu ― to fill up/in a hole
Conjugation
Conjugation of закопа́ть (class 1a perfective transitive)
Synonyms