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Russian
Etymology
об- (ob-) + кус (kus) + -а́ть (-átʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
обкуса́ть • (obkusátʹ) pf (imperfective обку́сывать)
- to bite around, to gnaw round
1885, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава шестая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:Никола́й сиде́л на пне, опёршись бородо́ю на па́лочку, и, по-ви́димому, отдыха́л по́сле тако́й си́льной уста́лости, что не заме́тил, как мете́ль замела́ его́ вы́ше коле́н сне́гом, а лиси́цы обкуса́ли ему́ нос и щёки.- Nikoláj sidél na pne, opjóršisʹ borodóju na páločku, i, po-vídimomu, otdyxál pósle takój sílʹnoj ustálosti, što ne zamétil, kak metélʹ zamelá jevó výše kolén snégom, a lisícy obkusáli jemú nos i ščóki.
- Nikolai was sitting on a stump, his chin propped on his stick, and, by the look of it, resting after such great fatigue that he didn’t notice how a blizzard had buried him up to the knees in snow and foxes had taken bites from his nose and cheeks.
Conjugation
Conjugation of обкуса́ть (class 1a perfective transitive)