казнить

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kazniti. Related to казнь and to каза́ть (kazátʹ).

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Verb

казни́ть (kaznítʹimpf or pf

  1. to execute, to put to death
    • 1903, Лев Толстой, Ассирийский царь Асархадон; English translation from Louise and Aylmer Maude, transl., Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, 1906:
      — Ты хочешь казнить Лаилиэ? — спросил старец.
      — Да, — отвечал царь. — Я только не придумал, какой казнью казнить его.
      — Да ведь Лаилиэ это ты, — сказал старец.
      — Ty xočešʹ kaznitʹ Lailie? — sprosil starec.
      — Da, — otvečal carʹ. — Ja tolʹko ne pridumal, kakoj kaznʹju kaznitʹ jevo.
      — Da vedʹ Lailie eto ty, — skazal starec.
      'You wish to execute Lailie?' asked the old man.
      'Yes,' answered the King. 'But I cannot make up my mind how to do it.'
      'But you are Lailie,' said the old man.
  1. (figurative) to torture, to scourge, to castigate, to punish

Conjugation

imperfective

perfective