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опасаться

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Russian

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Etymology

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Per Vasmer, from о- (o-) +‎ пасти́ (pastí) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐpɐˈsat͡sːə]
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Verb

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опаса́ться (opasátʹsjaimpf

  1. to be afraid of, to fear [with genitive or за (za, + accusative) ‘someone/something’]
  2. to avoid, to beware of, to refrain from [with genitive ‘some/something’ or infinitive ‘doing something’]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “опасный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress