превратиться

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣвратити сѧ (prěvratiti sę). Doublet with native перевороти́ться (perevorotítʹsja).

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Verb

преврати́ться (prevratítʹsjapf (imperfective превраща́ться)

  1. (intransitive) to turn into, to change into
    • 1969, “Журавли (Žuravli) ”, Наум Гребнев (lyrics), Ян Френкель (music)‎performed by Марк Бернес , translation of ХъахӀал къункъраби by Расул Гамзатов (in Avar):
      Мне кажется порою, что солдаты,
      С кровавых не пришедшие полей,
      Не в землю нашу полегли когда-то,
      А превратились в белых журавлей.
      Mne kažetsja poroju, što soldaty,
      S krovavyx ne prišedšije polej,
      Ne v zemlju našu polegli kogda-to,
      A prevratilisʹ v belyx žuravlej.
      It seems to me at times, that soldiers,
      Who did not return from the blood-stained fields,
      Never lay down in this earth of ours,
      But turned into white cranes.
  2. passive of преврати́ть (prevratítʹ)

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