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Russian
Etymology
за- (za-) + глуши́ть (glušítʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
заглуши́ть • (zaglušítʹ) pf (imperfective глуши́ть or заглуша́ть)
- to muffle, to deafen, to damp, to drown, to jam
- (pain etc) to alleviate, to soothe, to dull
- (plants) to choke (up)
- сорняки́ заглуши́ли огоро́д ― sornjakí zaglušíli ogoród ― the kitchen garden is choked up with weeds
- to suppress, to stifle, to smother
1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XV, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:Ми́ша, обня́в её у по́яса и прижима́ясь к ней голово́ю, хохота́л, сотряса́ясь от хо́хота и от стара́ния заглуши́ть его́.- Míša, obnjáv jejó u pójasa i prižimájasʹ k nej golovóju, xoxotál, sotrjasájasʹ ot xóxota i ot staránija zaglušítʹ jevó.
- Misha, catching her by the waist, with his head against her, laughed and shook with his efforts to suppress his laughter.
- to stop
- заглуши́ть мото́р ― zaglušítʹ motór ― to stop/stall the engine
Conjugation
Conjugation of заглуши́ть (class 4b perfective transitive)
Derived terms