зевая

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Russian

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Participle

зева́я (zevája)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of зева́ть (zevátʹ)
    • 1934, Константин Вагинов , “Глава 10. Лечение едой”, in Гарпагониана; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      — А в о́бщем всё э́то похо́же на де́тский пра́здник, — зева́я, сказа́л он торго́вцу, — ма́сса бле́ска, ма́сса му́зыки, а неизве́стно что ждёт дете́й впереди́.
      — A v óbščem vsjo éto poxóže na détskij prázdnik, — zevája, skazál on torgóvcu, — mássa bléska, mássa múzyki, a neizvéstno što ždjot detéj vperedí.
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