ахнуть

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Russian

Etymology

Perhaps from а́хать (áxatʹ) +‎ -нуть (-nutʹ) or ах (ax) +‎ -нуть (-nutʹ); since the 18th century. Compare Polish achnąć.

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Verb

а́хнуть (áxnutʹpf (imperfective а́хать)

  1. to exclaim, to gasp, to sigh
    он так и а́хнулon tak i áxnulhe simply opened his mouth
    а́хнуть от удивле́нияáxnutʹ ot udivlénijagasp with surprise
    он и а́хнуть не успе́лon i áxnutʹ ne uspél≈ before he knew where he was; before he could say knife
    • 1883, Николай Лесков, “Глава третья”, in Маленькая ошибка; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Little Mistake, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Тё́тушка то́лько а́хнула да рука́ми всплесну́ла.
      Tjótuška tólʹko áxnula da rukámi vsplesnúla.
      My aunt only gasped and clasped her hands.
    • 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.

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