описывать

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Russian

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Etymology 1

описа́ть (opisátʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

Verb

опи́сывать (opísyvatʹimpf (perfective описа́ть)

  1. to describe, to depict, to portray (to represent in words)
  2. to make / take an inventory (of), to inventory
  3. (mathematics) to describe, to circumscribe
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Etymology 2

опи́сать (opísatʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

Verb

опи́сывать (opísyvatʹimpf (perfective опи́сать)

  1. to urinate (on something)
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