умалять

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Russian

Etymology

умали́ть (umalítʹ) +‎ -я́ть (-játʹ)

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Verb

умаля́ть (umaljátʹimpf (perfective умали́ть)

  1. (dated) to reduce, to lessen, to diminish
  2. (figurative, literary) to reduce the role, the value or significance of
  3. (literary) to belittle, to humiliate

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