исчезнуть

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic исчезнѫти (isčeznǫti), from Old Church Slavonic чезнѫти (čeznǫti), from Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti. The inherited form would be *исчёзнуть (*isčóznutʹ).

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Verb

исче́знуть (isčéznutʹpf (imperfective исчеза́ть)

  1. to disappear, to vanish
    Synonym: пропа́сть (propástʹ)
    • 1972, Братья Стругацкие, chapter 1, in Пикник на обочине, Ленинград: Аврора; English translation from Olena Bormashenko, transl., Roadside Picnic, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2012:
      Га́ечка вверх полете́ла норма́льно, вниз то́же вро́де норма́льно бы́ло пошла́, но на полпути́ её сло́вно кто́-то вбок дёрнул, да так дёрнул, что она́ в гли́ну ушла́ и с глаз исче́зла.
      Gáječka vverx poletéla normálʹno, vniz tóže vróde normálʹno býlo pošlá, no na polputí jejó slóvno któ-to vbok djórnul, da tak djórnul, što oná v glínu ušlá i s glaz isčézla.
      The nut goes up all right and starts going down fine, but halfway down it looks like someone tugged it off to the side, pulling it so hard that it goes right into the clay and disappears.

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