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Russian
Etymology
обойти́ (obojtí) + -сь (-sʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
обойти́сь • (obojtísʹ) pf (imperfective обходи́ться)
- to cost; to come to
- Э́то вам до́рого обойдётся. ― Éto vam dórogo obojdjótsja. ― It will cost you dearly. (literal and figurative senses)
- to treat, to manage (with), to do (with), to make (with); to get by with (с + instrumental case)
- Со мной там обошли́сь о́чень пло́хо. ― So mnoj tam obošlísʹ óčenʹ plóxo. ― They treated me very badly there.
- (chiefly in the negative) to be able to do without
- Без уче́бников не обойти́сь. ― Bez učébnikov ne obojtísʹ. ― One cannot do without textbooks.
- Он и дня́ не мо́г обойти́сь без во́дки. ― On i dnjá ne móg obojtísʹ bez vódki. ― He couldn't do (even) a day without vodka.
- to turn out, to work out
- Всё обошло́сь ― Vsjo obošlósʹ ― Everything turned out all right.
- passive of обойти́ (obojtí)
Conjugation
Conjugation of обойти́сь (class irreg-b/b perfective reflexive)