опустити

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From о- +‎ пустити.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /opǔstiti/
  • Hyphenation: о‧пу‧сти‧ти

Verb

опу̀стити pf (Latin spelling opùstiti)

  1. (transitive) to relax, loosen
  2. (reflexive) to relax
Conjugation

Further reading

  • опустити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

об- + пу̑ст

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /opǔːstiti/
  • Hyphenation: о‧пу‧сти‧ти

Verb

опу́стити pf (Latin spelling opústiti)

  1. (transitive) to depopulate, desolate
Conjugation

Further reading

  • опустити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

From о- (o-) +‎ пусти́ти (pustýty). Compare Russian опусти́ть (opustítʹ), Belarusian апусці́ць (apuscícʹ), Polish opuścić.

Pronunciation

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Verb

опусти́ти (opustýtypf (imperfective опуска́ти) (transitive)

  1. to lower, to let down (to allow to descend)
  2. to put down
  3. to drop
  4. (dialectal) to leave
  5. (prison slang) to degrade, to humiliate

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