замолчать

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Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ молча́ть (molčátʹ)

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Verb

замолча́ть (zamolčátʹpf (imperfective замолка́ть or молча́ть)

  1. to become / fall silent, to stop / cease (speaking / talking), to break off

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замолча́ть (zamolčátʹpf (imperfective зама́лчивать)

  1. to conceal, to keep secret, to cover up, to slur over, to veil, to hush up, to suppress
    • 1904, Леонид Андреев, “Отрывок двенадцатый”, in Красный смех; English translation from Alexandra Linden, transl., The Red Laugh, London: T. Fisher, 1905:
      Газеты что-то замалчивают, но, кажется, и у нас в городе не совсем хорошо.
      Gazety što-to zamalčivajut, no, kažetsja, i u nas v gorode ne sovsem xorošo.
      The papers are hushing up something and, I believe, there is something wrong our town too.

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