сказываться

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Russian

Etymology

From ска́зывать (skázyvatʹ, to tell, to say (poetic)) +‎ -ся (-sja).

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Verb

ска́зываться (skázyvatʹsjaimpf (perfective сказа́ться)

  1. to affect
    Недоеда́ние ска́зывается на здоро́вье.
    Nedojedánije skázyvajetsja na zdoróvʹje.
    Malnutrition is affecting (his/her) health.
  2. to manifest itself in, to show
  3. (colloquial) to pretend to be (by reporting)
    Светла́на ча́сто ска́зывается больно́й.
    Svetlána částo skázyvajetsja bolʹnój.
    Svetlana often pretends to be sick.

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