полоть

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pèlti.

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поло́ть (polótʹimpf (perfective прополо́ть)

  1. to weed, to weed out, to pull up (weeds)
    Synonym: выпа́лывать (vypályvatʹ)
    • 1883, Всеволод Гаршин [Vsevolod Garshin], chapter IV, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:
      Надзира́тель заставля́л рабо́тать в нём всех ско́лько-нибудь спосо́бных к труду́; це́лые дни они́ мели́ и посыпа́ли песко́м доро́жки, поло́ли и полива́ли гря́дки цвето́в, огурцо́в, арбу́зов и дынь, вско́панные их же рука́ми.
      Nadzirátelʹ zastavljál rabótatʹ v njom vsex skólʹko-nibudʹ sposóbnyx k trudú; célyje dni oní melí i posypáli peskóm doróžki, polóli i poliváli grjádki cvetóv, ogurcóv, arbúzov i dynʹ, vskópannyje ix že rukámi.
      The superintendent set to work all who showed any aptitude; whole days they dug and sprinkled the paths with sand; they weeded and watered the flower-beds; cucumbers, watermelons and cantaloupes were cared for by the same hands.

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