облизываться

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Russian

Etymology

обли́зывать (oblízyvatʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

Verb

обли́зываться (oblízyvatʹsjaimpf (perfective облиза́ться)

  1. to lick oneself
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XI, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Он ча́сто улыба́лся с таки́м ви́дом, то́чно сейча́с съел что́-то запрещённое, но прия́тное и тепе́рь обли́зывался.
      On částo ulybálsja s takím vídom, tóčno sejčás sʺjel štó-to zapreščónnoje, no prijátnoje i tepérʹ oblízyvalsja.
      He often smiled in such a way as to suggest that he had just eaten something that was forbidden but very pleasant and was now licking his lips.
  2. passive of обли́зывать (oblízyvatʹ)

Conjugation