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паять

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic паꙗти (pajati, to forge). Probably related to пои́ть (poítʹ) (from Proto-Slavic *pojiti) and thereby to Ukrainian пая́ти (pajáty), Old Church Slavonic съпоити (sŭpoiti, to connect, to solder), Serbo-Croatian спо̀јити (to join, to solder) (1sg. спо̏jӣм), Slovene spojíti (to join, to solder) (1sg. spojím), Czech pojit (to join) (also spojit), Polish spoić (to join).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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пая́ть (pajátʹimpf

  1. to solder
  2. (figurative, criminal slang) to try (usually through unfair, fraudulent, illegal means) to set the sentence of a defendant

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