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Russian
Etymology
от- (ot-) + иска́ть (iskátʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
отыска́ть • (otyskátʹ) pf (imperfective оты́скивать)
- to find, to track down
1893, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “V”, in Рассказ неизвестного человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., An Anonymous Story, 1917:Он наде́л своё пальто́, похо́жее на те капо́ты, каки́е шьют де́тям в небога́тых се́мьях, подня́л воротни́к и стал что́-то дли́нно расска́зывать; пото́м, ви́дя, что его́ не слу́шают, переки́нул че́рез плечо́ свой плед, от кото́рого па́хло де́тской, и с винова́тым, умоля́ющим лицо́м попроси́л меня́ отыска́ть его́ ша́пку.- On nadél svojó palʹtó, poxóžeje na te kapóty, kakíje šʹjut détjam v nebogátyx sémʹjax, podnjál vorotník i stal štó-to dlínno rasskázyvatʹ; potóm, vídja, što jevó ne slúšajut, perekínul čérez plečó svoj pled, ot kotórovo páxlo détskoj, i s vinovátym, umoljájuščim licóm poprosíl menjá otyskátʹ jevó šápku.
- He put on his coat, which was cut like children's coats in poor families, pulled up the collar, and began telling some long-winded story; then, seeing he was not listened to, he flung the rug that smelt of the nursery over one shoulder, and with a guilty and imploring face begged me to find his hat.
- to look up, to search
Conjugation
Conjugation of отыска́ть (class 6c perfective transitive)
Derived terms