курить

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic кꙋрити (kuriti, smoke, emit smoke), from Proto-Slavic *kuriti.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kʊˈrʲitʲ]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

кури́ть (kurítʹimpf (perfective покури́ть)

  1. to smoke (tobacco etc.)
    • 1877, Иван Тургенев, “Часть первая. VII”, in Новь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Virgin Soil, 1920:
      — А я вот не курю, продолжала она, ласково прищурив свои бархатные глаза… — Отстала от века.
      — A ja vot ne kurju, prodolžala ona, laskovo priščuriv svoi barxatnyje glaza… — Otstala ot veka.
      'Well, I don't smoke,' she went on, with an ingratiating light in her velvety eyes. . . . 'I am behind the age.'
  2. to burn, to fumigate
  3. to distil

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Descendants[edit]

  • Kildin Sami: кӯррэ (kūrre)