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Russian
Etymology
Perhaps from а́хать (áxatʹ) + -нуть (-nutʹ) or ах (ax) + -нуть (-nutʹ); since the 18th century. Compare Polish achnąć.
Pronunciation
Verb
а́хнуть • (áxnutʹ) pf (imperfective а́хать)
- to exclaim, to gasp, to sigh
- он так и а́хнул ― on tak i áxnul ― he simply opened his mouth
- а́хнуть от удивле́ния ― áxnutʹ ot udivlénija ― gasp with surprise
- он и а́хнуть не успе́л ― on i áxnutʹ ne uspél ― ≈ before he knew where he was; before he could say knife
1998, Борис Акунин, “Глава седьмая”, in Турецкий гамбит, Москва: Захаров; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., The Turkish Gambit, New York: Random House, 2005:Ва́ря вы́пила в настоя́щем кафе́ две ча́шки кака́о, съе́ла четы́ре пиро́жных и совсе́м бы́ло раста́яла от не́ги, но во́зле шля́пного магази́на загляну́ла ненаро́ком в зерка́льную витри́ну и а́хнула.- Várja výpila v nastojáščem kafé dve čáški kakáo, sʺjéla četýre piróžnyx i sovsém býlo rastájala ot négi, no vózle šljápnovo magazína zagljanúla nenarókom v zerkálʹnuju vitrínu i áxnula.
- Varya drank two cups of hot chocolate in a genuine café, ate four little cakes, and was on the point of dissolving in utterly blissful contentment when she happened to glance into a mirror on a pillar beside a hat shop and gasped in horror.
Conjugation
Conjugation of а́хнуть (class 3a perfective transitive)
Derived terms