умереть

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *umerti, (*u- + *merti) from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

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  • Hyphenation: у‧ме‧ре́ть
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Verb

умере́ть (umerétʹpf (imperfective умира́ть)

  1. to die of natural causes
    Synonym: сконча́ться (skončátʹsja)
    При контро́ле с мое́й стороны́ ни оди́н ребёнок не до́лжен умере́ть от го́лода.
    Pri kontróle s mojéj storoný ni odín rebjónok ne dólžen umerétʹ ot góloda.
    Not one child will have to die of hunger under my watch.
    У нас есть посло́вица: пасту́х скоре́е допу́стит, что́бы на его́ глаза́х умер его́ сын, не́жели коро́ва.
    U nas jestʹ poslóvica: pastúx skoréje dopústit, štóby na jevó glazáx umer jevó syn, néželi koróva.
    We have a saying: the herdsman would sooner see his son die before his eyes than his cow.
  2. (figuratively) to disappear, to cease
    Любо́вь умерла́ очень давно́.Ljubóvʹ umerlá očenʹ davnó.The love died a long time ago.
  3. (figuratively, colloquial) to become inoperable, to stop working
    Мой телефо́н у́мер.Moj telefón úmer.My phone died.
  4. (figuratively) to feel an emotion extremely strongly
    Чуть не у́мер со стра́ху.Čutʹ ne úmer so stráxu.I almost died from fear.

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