упрекать

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Russian

Etymology

упрёк (uprjók) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

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Verb

упрека́ть (uprekátʹimpf (perfective упрекну́ть)

  1. to reproach, to upbraid, to blame
    • 1860, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “III”, in Накануне; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., On the Eve, 1895:
      В глаза́ она́ его́ никогда́ не упрека́ла, но укра́дкой жа́ловалась на него́ поочерё́дно всем в до́ме, да́же до́чери.
      V glazá oná jevó nikogdá ne uprekála, no ukrádkoj žálovalasʹ na nevó poočerjódno vsem v dóme, dáže dóčeri.
      She had never reproached him to his face, but she complained of him secretly to every one in the house in turn, even to her daughter.

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