опорожнить

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic опорознити (oporozniti), from Proto-Slavic *oporzdьniti.

Pronunciation

  • опорожни́ть: IPA(key):
  • опоро́жнить: IPA(key):

Verb

опорожни́ть or опоро́жнить (oporožnítʹ or oporóžnitʹpf (imperfective опорожня́ть or опора́жнивать)

  1. (transitive) to empty
    • 1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter III, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:
      Ему принесли чай; он, не присаживаясь, в два приёма опорожнил большую кружку и почти в одно мгновение съел большой кусок белого хлеба.
      Jemu prinesli čaj; on, ne prisaživajasʹ, v dva prijóma oporožnil bolʹšuju kružku i počti v odno mgnovenije sʺjel bolʹšoj kusok belovo xleba.
      Tea was brought him. Without seating himself, he swallowed in two gulps the entire contents of the cup, and it took him but an instant to make away with a big slice of white bread.

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