кивнуть

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Russian

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  • Rhymes: -utʲ

Verb

кивну́ть (kivnútʹpf (imperfective кива́ть)

  1. to nod, to beckon
    Дебора слегка́ кивну́ла голово́й, дав поня́ть, что она́ то́же пришла́ к э́тому сравне́нию.
    Debora slexká kivnúla golovój, dav ponjátʹ, što oná tóže prišlá k étomu sravnéniju.
    Deborah nodded slightly and indicated that she had already made this comparison.
    • 1998, Борис Акунин, “Глава вторая”, in Турецкий гамбит, Москва: Захаров; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., The Turkish Gambit, New York: Random House, 2005:
      Фандорин выслушал и решительно кивнул, но проигравшего его покладистость почему-то не устроила. Он заорал громче прежнего, замахал руками. Фандорин снова кивнул, ещё решительней, и тут Варя вспомнила про болгарский парадокс: когда киваешь, это значит «нет».
      Fandorin vyslušal i rešitelʹno kivnul, no proigravševo jevo pokladistostʹ počemu-to ne ustroila. On zaoral gromče prežnevo, zamaxal rukami. Fandorin snova kivnul, ješčó rešitelʹnej, i tut Varja vspomnila pro bolgarskij paradoks: kogda kivaješʹ, eto značit «net».
      Fandorin waited for him to finish before nodding decisively, but his acquiescence apparently failed to satisfy the loser, who began yelling more loudly than before and waving his arms around. Fandorin nodded" again, even more decisively, and then Varya recalled the Bulgarian paradox in which a nod meant “no.”
  2. to motion, to point, to allude

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