оскорбить

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Russian

Etymology

о- (o-) +‎ скорбь (skorbʹ) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ)

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Verb

оскорби́ть (oskorbítʹpf (imperfective оскорбля́ть)

  1. to insult, to offend, to outrage
    • 1869, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть IV. Глава VII”, in Идиот; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Idiot, 1913:
      — Так я вас никого́ не оскорби́л? Вы не пове́рите, как я сча́стлив от э́той мы́сли; но так и должно́ быть! Ра́зве мог я здесь кого́-нибудь оскорби́ть? Я опя́ть оскорблю́ вас, е́сли так поду́маю.
      — Tak ja vas nikovó ne oskorbíl? Vy ne povérite, kak ja sčástliv ot étoj mýsli; no tak i dolžnó bytʹ! Rázve mog ja zdesʹ kovó-nibudʹ oskorbítʹ? Ja opjátʹ oskorbljú vas, jésli tak podúmaju.
      “So that I have not offended any of you? You will not believe how happy I am to be able to think so. It is as it should be. As if I could offend anyone here! I should offend you again by even suggesting such a thing.”

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