осмеливаться

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Russian

Etymology

о- (o-) +‎ смелеть (smeletʹ) +‎ (-v) +‎ -ать (-atʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

Verb

осме́ливаться (osmélivatʹsjaimpf (perfective осме́литься)

  1. to dare
    • 1831, Александр Пушкин , chapter I, in Выстрел; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Shot, New York: Vintage Books, 2016:
      Никто́ не знал ни его́ состоя́ния, ни его́ дохо́дов, и никто́ не осме́ливался о том его́ спра́шивать.
      Niktó ne znal ni jevó sostojánija, ni jevó doxódov, i niktó ne osmélivalsja o tom jevó sprášivatʹ.
      No one knew his fortune, or his income, and no one dared to ask him about it.

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