кощунствовать

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Russian

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Verb

кощу́нствовать (koščúnstvovatʹimpf

  1. to profane
    • 1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Племяннушка”, in Господа Головлёвы, Санкт-Петербург: Отечественные записки; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:
      — Не кощу́нствуй, по кра́йней ме́ре. Всё мо́жешь говори́ть, а кощу́нствовать… не позволя́ю! Куда́ же вы де́ньги посла́ли?
      — Ne koščúnstvuj, po krájnej mére. Vsjo móžešʹ govorítʹ, a koščúnstvovatʹ… ne pozvoljáju! Kudá že vy dénʹgi posláli?
      ‘No blasphemy! Spare me that at least! Say what you like, but blasphemy... I’ll not allow! What place did you send the money to?’

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