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Russian
Etymology
о- (o-) + зя́бнуть (zjábnutʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
озя́бнуть • (ozjábnutʹ) pf (imperfective зя́бнуть)
- to be cold, to freeze, to feel cold
- Synonyms: замёрзнуть (zamjórznutʹ), иззя́бнуть (izzjábnutʹ), продро́гнуть (prodrógnutʹ)
1885, Николай Лесков , “Глава девятая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:Настрое́ние ду́ха во всех нас значи́тельно пони́зилось, — осо́бенно в Ро́ське, кото́рая озя́бла и пла́кала.- Nastrojénije dúxa vo vsex nas značítelʹno ponízilosʹ, — osóbenno v Rósʹke, kotóraja ozjábla i plákala.
- Our spirits sank considerably—especially in Roska, who was cold and wept.
1892, Антон Чехов , “Глава III”, in Палата № 6; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Ward No. 6, 1921:В по́гребе просиде́л он день, пото́м ночь и друго́й день, си́льно озя́б и, дожда́вшись потёмок, тайко́м, как вор, пробра́лся к себе́ в ко́мнату.- V pógrebe prosidél on denʹ, potóm nočʹ i drugój denʹ, sílʹno ozjáb i, doždávšisʹ potjómok, tajkóm, kak vor, probrálsja k sebé v kómnatu.
- He sat in the cellar all day and then all night, then another day, was fearfully cold, and waiting till dusk, stole secretly like a thief back to his room.
Conjugation
Conjugation of озя́бнуть (class 3°a perfective intransitive)