слушать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slušati, from an earlier *sluxěti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-, whence English listen and Sanskrit श्रोषति (śroṣati, to listen, obey).

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Verb

слу́шать (slúšatʹimpf (perfective послу́шать)

  1. (transitive) to listen, to listen to (someone/something)
    Слу́шай!Slúšaj!Attention!; Listen up!
    Слу́шаю!Slúšaju!Hello! (on the telephone); At your service!; Very well!
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 6:11:
      И если кто не примет вас и не будет слушать вас, то, выходя оттуда, отрясите прах от ног ваших, во свидетельство на них. Истинно говорю вам: отраднее будет Содому и Гоморре в день суда, нежели тому городу.
      I jesli kto ne primet vas i ne budet slušatʹ vas, to, vyxodja ottuda, otrjasite prax ot nog vašix, vo svidetelʹstvo na nix. Istinno govorju vam: otradneje budet Sodomu i Gomorre v denʹ suda, neželi tomu gorodu.
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  2. to attend
  3. (medicine) to auscultate

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