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Russian
Etymology
по- (po-) + ве́сить (vésitʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
пове́сить • (povésitʹ) pf (imperfective ве́шать)
- to hang, to hang up
- to hang (to execute by hanging)
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!"
1999 , Владимир Ленин , “Письмо В. В. Кураеву, Е. Б. Бош, А. Е. Минкину”, in В. И. Ленин: Неизвестные документы (1891—1922) , page 246; English translation from “Letter to V. V. Kuraev, Ye. B. Bosh, A. E. Minkin”, in Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, transl., The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archives, 1996, page 50:Пове́сить (непреме́нно пове́сить, дабы́ наро́д ви́дел) не ме́ньше 100 заве́домых кулако́в, богате́ев, кровопи́йцев.- Povésitʹ (nepreménno povésitʹ, dabý naród vídel) ne ménʹše 100 zavédomyx kulakóv, bogatéjev, krovopíjcev.
- Hang (hang without fail, so the people see) no fewer than one hundred known kulaks, rich men, bloodsuckers.
Conjugation
Conjugation of пове́сить (class 4a perfective transitive)
Derived terms