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Russian
Etymology
по- (po-) + забы́ть (zabýtʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
позабы́ть • (pozabýtʹ) pf (imperfective позабыва́ть)
- (colloquial) to forget completely
1879, Николай Лесков , “Глава пятая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:— Всё же, зна́чит, есть в нём вре́дная фанта́зия. А в чём она́ заключа́ется?
— Би́блии начита́лся.
— Ишь его́, дурака́, угора́здило!
— Да; начита́лся от ску́ки и позабы́ть не мо́жет.- — Vsjo že, znáčit, jestʹ v njom vrédnaja fantázija. A v čom oná zaključájetsja?
— Bíblii načitálsja.
— Išʹ jevó, duraká, ugorázdilo!
— Da; načitálsja ot skúki i pozabýtʹ ne móžet. - “All the same, that means there’s harmful fantasy in him. What does it consist in?”
“He’s read up the Bible.”
“What a fool thing to do!”
“Yes, he read it out of boredom and can’t forget it.”
Conjugation
Conjugation of позабы́ть (class irreg-a perfective transitive)