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отказать

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Russian

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Etymology

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от- (ot-) +‎ каза́ть (kazátʹ). A false friend with Belarusian адказа́ць (adkazácʹ, to answer, to respond, to reply).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐtkɐˈzatʲ]
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Verb

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отказа́ть (otkazátʹpf (imperfective отка́зывать)

  1. to deny, to refuse, to decline
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 6:26:
      Царь опечалился, но ради клятвы и возлежавших с ним не захотел отказать ей.
      Carʹ opečalilsja, no radi kljatvy i vozležavšix s nim ne zaxotel otkazatʹ jej.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to break, to fail, to stop working

Conjugation

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