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Russian
Etymology
Literally, “to command to live long”. Popular etymology: a dying person, blessing the crowd of relatives, bequeathed (ordered) them to live long.
Pronunciation
Verb
приказа́ть до́лго жить • (prikazátʹ dólgo žitʹ) pf (imperfective form is not used)
- (euphemistic, literary) to die
Когда́ её оте́ц приказа́л до́лго жить, она́ уе́хала жить к тётке.- Kogdá jejó otéc prikazál dólgo žitʹ, oná ujéxala žitʹ k tjótke.
- When her father died, she went to live to her aunt.
1896, Лев Николаевич Толстой (Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy), Хаджи-Мурат [Hadji-Murad], →ISBN, page 61:Так вот отпиши: «Сын, мол, ваш Петруха до́лго жить приказа́л».- Tak vot otpiši: «Syn, mol, vaš Petruxa dólgo žitʹ prikazál».
- Well now, write this: “Your son,” say, “Petey, has passed away.”
- (figurative, ironical, humorous, of a non-living thing) to cease to exist
Conjugation
Conjugation of
приказать долго жить: see
приказа́ть
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