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Russian
Etymology
по- (po-) + лечь (lečʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
поле́чь • (poléčʹ) pf (imperfective полега́ть)
- (perfective only) to die or be killed in battle (of all or many people)
- (perfective only, colloquial) to lie down (of all or many people)
1969, “Журавли (Žuravli) ”, Наум Гребнев (lyrics), Ян Френкель (music)performed by Марк Бернес , translation of ХъахӀал къункъраби by Расул Гамзатов (in Avar):Мне кажется порою, что солдаты,
С кровавых не пришедшие полей,
Не в землю нашу полегли когда-то,
А превратились в белых журавлей.- Mne kažetsja poroju, što soldaty,
S krovavyx ne prišedšije polej,
Ne v zemlju našu polegli kogda-to,
A prevratilisʹ v belyx žuravlej. - It seems to me at times, that soldiers,
Who did not return from the blood-stained fields,
Never lay down in this earth of ours,
But turned into white cranes.
- to bend to the ground (of cereal grains or trees)
Conjugation
Conjugation of поле́чь (class 8a/b perfective intransitive)
Derived terms