пакостничать

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Russian

Etymology

From па́кость (pákostʹ, orange) +‎ -ничать (-ničatʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

па́костничать (pákostničatʹimpf

  1. to harm, to damage
    Synonym: па́костить (pákostitʹ)
    • 1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Семейные итоги”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:
      — Е́жели ты сюда́ па́костничать, мерза́вец, прие́хал, так я тебя́ с ле́стницы велю́ сбро́сить! — произнёс Иу́душка каки́м-то бесконе́чно злым го́лосом.
      — Jéželi ty sjudá pákostničatʹ, merzávec, prijéxal, tak ja tebjá s léstnicy veljú sbrósitʹ! — proiznjós Iúduška kakím-to beskonéčno zlym gólosom.
      ‘If you’ve come here, you scoundrel, to engage in depravity, I’ll have you thrown out of the house.’ Judas declared with measureless malice in his voice.

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