укротить

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оукротити (ukrotiti), from Proto-Slavic *krotiti. By surface analysis, у- (u-) +‎ кро́т(кий) (krót(kij)) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

укроти́ть (ukrotítʹpf (imperfective укроща́ть)

  1. to tame
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 5:4:
      потому что многократно был он скован оковами и цепями, но разрывал цепи и разбивал оковы, и никто не в силах был укротить его;
      potomu što mnogokratno byl on skovan okovami i cepjami, no razryval cepi i razbival okovy, i nikto ne v silax byl ukrotitʹ jevo;
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  2. to subdue, to control, to curb
    укроти́ть инфля́циюukrotítʹ infljácijuto curb inflation; bring inflation under control

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