линять

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *liňati. Cognates include Serbo-Croatian лињати, Czech línat.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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линя́ть (linjátʹimpf (perfective полиня́ть or слиня́ть)

  1. to fade, to lose color, to run
    Perfective: полиня́ть (polinjátʹ)
  2. (intransitive) to shed, to cast (skin, fur, feathers), to moult
    Perfective: полиня́ть (polinjátʹ)
    • 1907, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter II, in Маленький человек; English translation from Paul Selver, transl., The Tiny Man, 1919:
      — Пей с вино́м, с водо́й, с молоко́м, с чем хо́чешь пей, то́лько с ру́сским ква́сом не пей, — си́льно линя́ть ста́нешь.
      — Pej s vinóm, s vodój, s molokóm, s čem xóčešʹ pej, tólʹko s rússkim kvásom ne pej, — sílʹno linjátʹ stánešʹ.
      "Drink with wine, with water, with milk, drink it with whatever you please, only do not drink it with Russian kvas, or you will begin to moult badly."
  3. (slang) to bolt, to run away
    Perfective: слиня́ть (slinjátʹ)

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