ужинать

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Russian

Etymology 1

у́жин (úžin) +‎ -ать (-atʹ)

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Verb

у́жинать (úžinatʹimpf (perfective поу́жинать)

  1. to dine; to have dinner; to have supper
    • 1884, Антон Чехов, “Глава I”, in Шведская спичка; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Swedish Match, 1922:
      — Отстаньте, пожалуйста! Вон ужин готов! Садитесь ужинать!
      Следователь и Дюковский сели ужинать.
      — Otstanʹte, požalujsta! Von užin gotov! Saditesʹ užinatʹ!
      Sledovatelʹ i Djukovskij seli užinatʹ.
      "Do leave off, please! There's supper ready. Sit down to supper!"
      Tchubikov and Dyukovsky sat down to supper.
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Etymology 2

у- (u-) +‎ -жина́ть (-žinátʹ)

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ужина́ть (užinátʹimpf (perfective ужа́ть)

  1. to cut (grain, etc.) at the root using a scythe or reaper
  2. to harvest (all of a field)
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