колебать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic колѣбати (kolěbati), from Proto-Slavic *kolěbati.

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Verb

колеба́ть (kolebátʹimpf (perfective поколеба́ть)

  1. to rock, to shake
    волны колеба́ли су́дноvolny kolebáli súdnothe ship was rocked by the waves
    • 1902, Иван Бунин [Ivan Bunin], chapter II, in Осенью; English translation from The Light Breath, (Please provide a date or year):
      Ю́жный ве́тер шуме́л в дере́вьях на бульва́рах, колеба́л пла́мя ре́дких га́зовых фонаре́й на перекрёстках и скрипе́л вы́весками над дверя́ми за́пертых ла́вок.
      Júžnyj véter šumél v derévʹjax na bulʹvárax, kolebál plámja rédkix gázovyx fonaréj na perekrjóstkax i skripél výveskami nad dverjámi zápertyx lávok.
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