плавить

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plaviti. Cognate with Ukrainian пла́вити (plávyty), Serbo-Croatian пла̏вити (to flood), Slovene рlаvíti (to float (timber), to sail), Czech plavit, Slovak рlаviť, Polish pławić, Bulgarian пла́вя (plávja, to rinse). More distantly cognate with Lithuanian pláuti (to wash, to rinse), Sanskrit प्लावयति (plāvayati, to cause to float, to flood), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (frāuuaiieiti, to force to leave), Ancient Greek πλώω (plṓō, to swim), English flow, Old Norse flóа (to flow).

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Verb[edit]

пла́вить (plávitʹimpf

  1. (transitive) to melt, to fuse
    Perfective: распла́вить (rasplávitʹ)
  2. (transitive) to smelt
    Perfective: вы́плавить (výplavitʹ)
  3. (transitive) to soften by heating
  4. (regional, transitive) to float (timber) (to transport by floating)

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References[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плавить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress