склонять

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Russian

Pronunciation

Verb

склоня́ть (sklonjátʹimpf (perfective склони́ть or просклоня́ть)

  1. to bend, to incline, to decline
    Perfective: склони́ть (sklonítʹ)
    • 1934, Константин Вагинов , “Глава 13. Кражи”, in Гарпагониана; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      С у́жасом Торопуло ка́к-то заме́тил, как пьёт Анфе́ртьев. Пья́ница уже́ брал рю́мку обе́ими рука́ми, склоня́л го́лову и пил с каки́м-то стра́шным благогове́нием.
      S úžasom Toropulo kák-to zamétil, kak pʹjot Anfértʹjev. Pʹjánica užé bral rjúmku obéimi rukámi, sklonjál gólovu i pil s kakím-to strášnym blagogovénijem.
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  2. to convince someone to do something
    Perfective: склони́ть (sklonítʹ)
  3. (linguistics) to decline a noun or adjective
    Perfective: просклоня́ть (prosklonjátʹ)

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