отвинтить

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Russian

Etymology

от- (ot-) +‎ винти́ть (vintítʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

отвинти́ть (otvintítʹpf (imperfective отви́нчивать)

  1. to unscrew
    • 1885, Антон Чехов, Злоумышленник; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Malefactor, 1918:
      — Так ты говори́шь, что ты отвинти́л э́ту га́йку для того́, что́бы сде́лать из неё грузи́ло?
      — Tak ty govoríšʹ, što ty otvintíl étu gájku dlja tovó, štóby sdélatʹ iz nejó gruzílo?
      "So you say you unscrewed this nut to make a weight for your fishing line out of it?"

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