спрятаться

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Russian

Etymology

с- (s-) + пря́тать (prjátatʹ, to hide) + -ся (-sja)

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Verb

спря́таться (sprjátatʹsjapf (imperfective пря́таться)

  1. to hide, to conceal oneself (intransitive)
    • 1904, Леонид Андреев, “Отрывок двенадцатый”, in Красный смех; English translation from Alexandra Linden, transl., The Red Laugh, London: T. Fisher, 1905:
      От чумы всё-таки можно было куда-то спрятаться, принять какие-то там меры, а как спрятаться от всепроникающей мысли, не знающей расстояний и преград?
      Ot čumy vsjo-taki možno bylo kuda-to sprjatatʹsja, prinjatʹ kakije-to tam mery, a kak sprjatatʹsja ot vsepronikajuščej mysli, ne znajuščej rasstojanij i pregrad?
      One can hide from the plague, take measures, but how can one hide from all-penetrating thought, that knows neither distances, nor obstacles?

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