резать

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Russian

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Etymology

From Old East Slavic рѣзати (rězati), from Proto-Slavic *rězati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic рѣзати (rězati), Ukrainian різати (rizaty), Bulgarian режа (reža), Serbo-Croatian резати, Slovene rezati, Czech řezat, Slovak rezať, Polish rzezać, Upper Sorbian rězać, Lower Sorbian rězaś, and Ancient Greek ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi).

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Verb

ре́зать (rézatʹimpf (perfective поре́зать or разре́зать or заре́зать or сре́зать)

  1. to cut up, to cut open, to slice, to carve
    Perfective: разре́зать (razrézatʹ)
  2. to slaughter, to knife, to kill
    Perfective: заре́зать (zarézatʹ)
  3. (on wood or metal) to carve, to cut, to engrave
  4. to cut off, to slice, to chop
    Perfective: сре́зать (srézatʹ)
  5. (on a test) to give a failing grade
    Perfective: сре́зать (srézatʹ)
  6. (cause pain) to hurt, to cut into
  7. (colloquial) to operate, to cut open
  8. to irritate, to offend (eyes), to grate on (ears)
  9. (nautical) to pass close, to shave
  10. to speak bluntly
    ре́зать пра́вду в глазу́rézatʹ právdu v glazúthrow a harsh truth in one's face (literally, “cut truth in the eye”)

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intransitive

perfective

Further reading

  • резать in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru