полюбопытствовать

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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ любопы́тствовать (ljubopýtstvovatʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

полюбопы́тствовать (poljubopýtstvovatʹpf (imperfective любопы́тствовать)

  1. to be curious, to ask
    позво́льте полюбопы́тствоватьpozvólʹte poljubopýtstvovatʹ1) may I ask you? ; 2) (позвольте посмотреть) may I take a look?
    • 1856, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 3”, in Рудин; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Rudin, London: Heinemann, 1894:
      — Позво́льте полюбопы́тствовать, — на́чал Пига́сов, обратя́сь к Ру́дину, — вам изве́стно содержа́ние статьи́, при́сланной господи́ном баро́ном?
      — Pozvólʹte poljubopýtstvovatʹ, — náčal Pigásov, obratjásʹ k Rúdinu, — vam izvéstno soderžánije statʹí, príslannoj gospodínom barónom?
      ‘If you will allow me to be inquisitive,’ began Pigasov, turning to Rudin, ‘do you know the contents of the essay which his excellency the baron has sent?’

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