прочесть

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Russian

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Etymology

про- (pro-) +‎ честь (čestʹ)

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Verb

проче́сть (pročéstʹpf (imperfective чита́ть or прочи́тывать)

  1. to finish reading, to read through
    Я прочёл кни́гу.Ja pročól knígu.I have read a book.
    • 1934, Константин Вагинов , “Глава 10. Лечение едой”, in Гарпагониана; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      — „Караме́ль столи́чная“ — прочёл Локонов, — должно́ быть, Петербу́рг, — поду́мал он, — но мосто́в таки́х как бу́дто нет в Ленингра́де.
      — „Karamélʹ stolíčnaja“ — pročól Lokonov, — dolžnó bytʹ, Peterbúrg, — podúmal on, — no mostóv takíx kak búdto net v Leningráde.
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  2. to recite

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