чуять

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čùti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (to perceive), whence English show and caution, as well as German schauen (to look), thereby English anschauung and weltanschauung (sense of the world, worldview).

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чу́ять (čújatʹimpf (perfective почу́ять or учу́ять)

  1. to smell
  2. to feel, to sense
    Я нутро́м чу́ю, не к добру́ всё э́то.
    Ja nutróm čúju, ne k dobrú vsjo éto.
    I have a gut feeling (lit. I feel with inside), this won't mean anything good.
  3. (regional, colloquial) to hear

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