околдовать

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Russian

Etymology

о- (o-) +‎ колдова́ть (koldovátʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

околдова́ть (okoldovátʹpf (imperfective околдо́вывать)

  1. to bewitch
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XVIII, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      — Я бу́ду спать, а ты колдова́ть на ка́ртах ста́нешь. Подава́й сюда́ ка́рты, а то околду́ешь меня́.
      — Ja búdu spatʹ, a ty koldovátʹ na kártax stánešʹ. Podaváj sjudá kárty, a to okoldúješʹ menjá.
      " If I go to sleep you'll bewitch me with the cards. Give me the cards, or you'll bewitch me."

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