успокоиться

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Russian

Etymology

успоко́ить (uspokóitʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

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Verb

успоко́иться (uspokóitʹsjapf (imperfective успока́иваться)

  1. to calm down, to quiet down
    • 1924, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “VIII. Вторая ночь”, in Дьяволиада; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., Diaboliad, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      В су́мерки това́рищ Коротко́в, си́дя на ба́йковой крова́ти, вы́пил три буты́лки вина́, что́бы всё забы́ть и успоко́иться.
      V súmerki továrišč Korotkóv, sídja na bájkovoj krováti, výpil tri butýlki viná, štóby vsjo zabýtʹ i uspokóitʹsja.
      In the twilight Korotkov sat in his flannelette bed and drank three bottles of wine to forget everything and calm down.
  2. to abate
  3. passive of успоко́ить (uspokóitʹ)

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