побаиваться

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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ боя́ться (bojátʹsja) +‎ -ивать (-ivatʹ)

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Verb

поба́иваться (pobáivatʹsjaimpf

  1. (colloquial) diminutive of боя́ться (bojátʹsja): to be rather afraid
    он поба́ивается идти́ туда́on pobáivajetsja idtí tudáhe is rather afraid of going there
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 10”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      Никола́й Петро́вич поба́ивался молодо́го «нигили́ста» и сомнева́лся в по́льзе его́ влия́ния на Арка́дия; но он охо́тно его́ слу́шал, охо́тно прису́тствовал при его́ физи́ческих и хими́ческих о́пытах.
      Nikoláj Petróvič pobáivalsja molodóvo «nigilísta» i somneválsja v pólʹze jevó vlijánija na Arkádija; no on oxótno jevó slúšal, oxótno prisútstvoval pri jevó fizíčeskix i ximíčeskix ópytax.
      Nikolai Petrovich was rather frightened of the young "Nihilist" and doubted the benefit of his influence on Arkady, but he listened keenly to what he said and was glad to be present during his chemical and scientific experiments.

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