замаячить

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Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ мая́чить (majáčitʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

замая́чить (zamajáčitʹpf

  1. (colloquial) to start to loom, to appear in the distance
    • 1972, Братья Стругацкие [Arkady and Boris Strugatsky], chapter 4, in Пикник на обочине, Ленинград: Аврора; English translation from Olena Bormashenko, transl., Roadside Picnic, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2012:
      Они́ погрузи́лись в тума́н по по́яс, пото́м по ше́ю, а ещё че́рез не́сколько секу́нд впереди́ замая́чила коса́я глы́ба вагоне́тки.
      Oní pogruzílisʹ v tumán po pójas, potóm po šéju, a ješčó čérez néskolʹko sekúnd vperedí zamajáčila kosája glýba vagonétki.
      They continued going down, the fog enveloping them to their waists, then to their necks, and in another few seconds the lopsided mass of the railcar loomed ahead.

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