заснуть

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Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ спать (spatʹ) +‎ -ну́ть (-nútʹ)

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -utʲ

Verb

засну́ть (zasnútʹpf (imperfective засыпа́ть)

  1. to fall asleep
    Synonym: усну́ть (usnútʹ)
    • 1867, Иван Тургенев , “X”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:
      Литви́нов засну́л о́чень по́здно и спал недо́лго: со́лнце то́лько что вста́ло, когда́ он подня́лся с посте́ли.
      Litvínov zasnúl óčenʹ pózdno i spal nedólgo: sólnce tólʹko što vstálo, kogdá on podnjálsja s postéli.
      Litvinov fell asleep very late, and did not sleep long; the sun had only just risen when he got out of bed.

Conjugation

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Verb

засну́ть (zasnútʹ)

  1. inflection of засну́ти pf (zasnúty):
    1. third-person plural future indicative
    2. alternative infinitive form