охранять

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Russian

Etymology

охрани́ть (oxranítʹ) +‎ -я́ть (-játʹ)

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Verb

охраня́ть (oxranjátʹimpf (perfective охрани́ть)

  1. to guard, to safeguard, to defend, to preserve (e.g. the environment)
    Synonym: стере́чь (steréčʹ)
    • 1998, Борис Акунин , “Глава четвёртая”, in Турецкий гамбит, Москва: Захаров; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., The Turkish Gambit, New York: Random House, 2005:
      Охраня́ете госуда́рственные интере́сы, господи́н полице́йский? – спроси́ла Ва́ря, реши́в, что уме́стнее всего́ бу́дет разгова́ривать с аге́нтом в то́не насме́шливо-небре́жном.
      Oxranjájete gosudárstvennyje interésy, gospodín policéjskij? – sprosíla Várja, rešív, što uméstneje vsevó búdet razgovárivatʹ s agéntom v tóne nasméšlivo-nebréžnom.
      Protecting the interests of the state, Mr. Policeman?” Varya asked. She had decided that it would be most appropriate to address the secret agent in a casually sarcastic tone of voice.

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