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Russian
Etymology
за- (za-) + сия́ть (sijátʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
засия́ть • (zasijátʹ) pf
- to begin to shine
1928, Юрий Олеша , “Глава 7. Ночь странной куклы”, in Три Толстяка; English translation from Fainna Glagoleva, transl., The Three Fat Men, Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, (Please provide a date or year):В э́тот ве́чер мно́гое каза́лось необы́чным и подозри́тельным. И поро́й до́ктор да́же опаса́лся, что глаза́ стра́нной ку́клы, чего́ до́брого, засия́ют в темноте́, как два прозра́чных ка́мешка.- V étot véčer mnógoje kazálosʹ neobýčnym i podozrítelʹnym. I porój dóktor dáže opasálsja, što glazá stránnoj kúkly, čevó dóbrovo, zasijájut v temnoté, kak dva prozráčnyx kámeška.
- Many things seemed unusual and suspicious that evening. The doctor even felt the strange doll's eyes might start shining in the dark like two transparent stones.
Conjugation
Conjugation of засия́ть (class 1a perfective intransitive)