сковать

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Russian

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Etymology

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с- (s-) +‎ кова́ть (kovátʹ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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скова́ть (skovátʹpf (imperfective ско́вывать)

  1. to forge, to hammer out
  2. to forge together
  3. to chain
  4. (military) to hold, to fix
    скова́ть огнёмskovátʹ ognjómto pin (down) by fire
  5. (figuratively, with ice) to lock, to beset
    моро́з/лёд скова́л ре́куmoróz/ljod skovál rékuthe river is frozen over; the river is icebound
  6. to fetter
    страх скова́л мне ду́шуstrax skovál mne dúšuI was overcome/seized with fear

Conjugation

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