миновать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic миновати (minovati), from Proto-Slavic *minovati.

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Verb

минова́ть (minovátʹimpf or pf (perfective минова́ть or мину́ть)

  1. to pass, to elapse (of time)
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 6:48:
      И увидел их бедствующих в плавании, потому что ветер им был противный; около же четвертой стражи ночи подошел к ним, идя по морю, и хотел миновать их.
      I uvidel ix bedstvujuščix v plavanii, potomu što veter im byl protivnyj; okolo že četvertoj straži noči podošel k nim, idja po morju, i xotel minovatʹ ix.
      When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came toward them early in the morning, walking on the sea. He intended to pass them by. (NRSVUE)
  2. to go by, to go past (without any effect)
    • 1848, Dmitrij Davydov, “Думы беглеца на Байкале (Thoughts of a Runaway in Baikal)”
      В дéбрях не трóнул прожóрливый зверь,
      Пу́ля стрелкá — миновáла.
      V débrjax ne trónul prožórlivyj zverʹ,
      Púlja strelká — minovála.
      In the wilderness, the voracious beast bothered not;
      The shooter's bullet passed by.
  3. (colloquial or dated) to turn (an age)

Conjugation

imperfective

perfective

Verb

минова́ть (minovátʹpf

  1. (chiefly in the negative) to evade
    Чему́ быть, того́ не минова́ть.
    Čemú bytʹ, tovó ne minovátʹ.
    What must be, must be; What happens, happens.
  2. (intransitive) to end, to finish

Conjugation

perfective