отнимать

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Russian

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Etymology

от- (ot-) +‎ -нима́ть (-nimátʹ)

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Verb

отнима́ть (otnimátʹimpf (perfective отня́ть)

  1. to take (from)
  2. to subtract; to take away; to abstract
  3. to deduct, to take away, to take from, to take off
  4. (also figuratively) to take away (from); to bereave (of)
    Не отнима́й у неё после́днюю наде́жду.
    Ne otnimáj u nejó poslédnjuju nadéždu.
    Don't take away her last hope.
  5. to withdraw; to remove (hands)
  6. to rob (of), to deprive (of)
  7. (colloquial) to amputate

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