избрать

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Russian

Etymology

из- (iz-) +‎ брать (bratʹ)

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Verb

избра́ть (izbrátʹpf (imperfective избира́ть)

  1. to choose, to elect
    Synonym: вы́брать (výbratʹ)
    • 1916, Марк Криницкий, chapter I, in Женщина в лиловом; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Помо́щник вошёл, как всегда́, наро́чно ме́дленно. Э́тот спо́соб передвиже́ния он избра́л для поддержа́ния со́бственного досто́инства.
      Pomóščnik vošól, kak vsegdá, naróšno médlenno. Étot spósob peredvižénija on izbrál dlja podderžánija sóbstvennovo dostóinstva.
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