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Russian
Etymology
при- (pri-) + ки́нуть (kínutʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
прики́нуть • (prikínutʹ) pf (imperfective прики́дывать)
- (colloquial) to estimate, to make a rough calculation
- прики́нуть в уме́ ― prikínutʹ v umé ― to weigh up; (try to) figure out
- прики́нуть на веса́х ― prikínutʹ na vesáx ― to weigh
- (colloquial) to gauge, to size up, to weigh up
- мы тут прики́нули и реши́ли ― my tut prikínuli i rešíli ― we've weighed it up and come to a decision
- (colloquial) to try on
- (colloquial) to throw in, to add
- (colloquial, imperative) to get, to imagine, to believe, to think (about), to guess what; to fully appraise (a situation)
- Прики́нь, мы нашли́ его́, выпива́ющим на съёмочный площа́дке. ― Prikínʹ, my našlí jevó, vypivájuščim na sʺjómočnyj ploščádke. ― Get this: we found him pounding shots on set.
- Собира́юсь купи́ть пло́ский те́лик, прики́нь! ― Sobirájusʹ kupítʹ plóskij télik, prikínʹ! ― I'm getting a flatscreen TV, can you believe it?!
- Э́то же кот, прики́нь? ― Éto že kot, prikínʹ? ― It's a cat, you know?
- А прики́нь, каково́ его́ де́тям. ― A prikínʹ, kakovó jevó détjam. ― Think about how his kids feel.
- Прики́нь, я был на сто́льких хокке́йных ма́тчах. ― Prikínʹ, ja byl na stólʹkix xokkéjnyx mátčax. ― I'm telling you, I've been to a lot of hockey games.
- Ты прики́нь, чё б с тобо́й бы́ло? ― Ty prikínʹ, čo b s tobój býlo? ― You realise what could've happened to you?
- Он оста́вил коро́бку у её до́ма, прики́нь? ― On ostávil koróbku u jejó dóma, prikínʹ? ― (While recounting) So he drops this box off at her place, right?
Conjugation
Conjugation of прики́нуть (class 3a perfective transitive)
Derived terms