повесить

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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ ве́сить (vésitʹ)

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Verb

пове́сить (povésitʹpf (imperfective ве́шать)

  1. to hang, to hang up
  2. to hang (execute)
    • 1862, Алексей Константинович Толстой, “Глава 1. Опричники”, in Князь Серебряный:
      — Я тебе́ не слуга́, разбо́йник, — отвеча́л чё́рный, не пока́зывая боя́зни, — а тебя́ пове́сят, что́бы не смел тро́гать ца́рских люде́й!
      — Ja tebé ne slugá, razbójnik, — otvečál čórnyj, ne pokázyvaja bojázni, — a tebjá povésjat, štóby ne smel trógatʹ cárskix ljudéj!
      "I'm not your servant, you wretch," answered the black one without showing fear, "and they'll hang you so you don't dare to touch royal people!"

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