отнять

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Russian

Etymology

от- (ot-) +‎ -ня́ть (-njátʹ)

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Verb

отня́ть (otnjátʹpf (imperfective отнима́ть or отыма́ть)

  1. to take (from)
  2. to subtract; to take away; to abstract
  3. to deduct, to take away, to take from, to take off
  4. (also figuratively) to take away (from); to bereave (of)
    Он о́тнял у неё после́днюю наде́жду.
    On ótnjal u nejó poslédnjuju nadéždu.
    He has taken away her last hope.
  5. to withdraw; to remove (hands)
  6. to rob (of), to deprive (of)
  7. (colloquial) to amputate

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