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промолвить

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Russian

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Etymology

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про- (pro-) +‎ мо́лвить (mólvitʹ)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prɐˈmoɫvʲɪtʲ]

Verb

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промо́лвить (promólvitʹpf (imperfective мо́лвить)

  1. (archaic, poetic) to say, to declare, to quethe
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 4”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      — Вот мы и дома, — промолвил Николай Петрович, снимая картуз и встряхивая волосами. — Главное, надо теперь поужинать и отдохнуть.
      — Vot my i doma, — promolvil Nikolaj Petrovič, snimaja kartuz i vstrjaxivaja volosami. — Glavnoje, nado teperʹ použinatʹ i otdoxnutʹ.
      "Well, here we are at home," said Nikolai Petrovich, removing his cap and shaking back his hair. "Now the main thing is to have supper and then to rest."

Conjugation

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