ночевать

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Russian

Etymology

ночь (nočʹ) +‎ -ева́ть (-evátʹ)

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Verb

ночева́ть (nočevátʹimpf (perfective заночева́ть or переночева́ть)

  1. to spend the night, stay for the night, to stay overnight
    Antonym: днева́ть (dnevátʹ)
    Где ты ночева́л? - Я ночева́л у дру́га.
    Gde ty nočevál? - Ja nočevál u drúga.
    Where did you spend the night? - I stayed overnight at a friend's place.
    • 1998, Агата Кристи , “Вервольф ”, in Чудеса:
      Хо́чется в тёплую крова́ть,
      Хо́чется жить, а не ждать.
      Лю́ди, пусти́те ночева́ть.
      Xóčetsja v tjópluju krovátʹ,
      Xóčetsja žitʹ, a ne ždatʹ.
      Ljúdi, pustíte nočevátʹ.
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