стрелять

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Russian

стрелять

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic стрѣляти (strěljati, throw arrows), from Proto-Slavic *strěľati.

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Verb

стреля́ть (streljátʹimpf (perfective вы́стрелить or стрельну́ть)

  1. to shoot, to fire
    стреля́ть из пу́шек по воробья́м
    streljátʹ iz púšek po vorobʹjám
    to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, to break a butterfly on the wheel, to crush a fly with a steam-roller
    (literally, “to shoot from cannons at sparrows”)
    • 1980, ДДТ [DDT] (lyrics and music), “Не стреляй! [Ne streliaj!]”‎:
      И когда́ кто́-нибудь вспомина́л о войне́,
      Он топи́л свою́ со́весть в тяжё́лом вине́.
      Перед ним, как живо́й, тот парни́шка стоя́л,
      Тот, кото́рый его́ об одно́м умоля́л:
      "Не стреля́й!"
      I kogdá któ-nibudʹ vspominál o vojné,
      On topíl svojú sóvestʹ v tjažólom viné.
      Pered nim, kak živój, tot parníška stojál,
      Tot, kotóryj jevó ob odnóm umoljál:
      "Ne streljáj!"
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to shoot feel acute pains
  3. (colloquial) to cadge

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