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ползти

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelsti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pɐɫˈs⁽ʲ⁾tʲi]
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Verb

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ползти́ (polztíimpf (perfective поползти́)

  1. to creep, to crawl
    • 1992, Виктор Пелевин [Victor Pelevin], chapter 2, in Омон Ра; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Omon Ra, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996:
      Жизнь была́ ла́сковым зелёным чу́дом; не́бо бы́ло неподви́жным и безо́блачным, сия́ло со́лнце – и в са́мом це́нтре э́того ми́ра стоя́л двухэта́жный спа́льный ко́рпус, внутри́ кото́рого проходи́л дли́нный коридо́р, по кото́рому я полз в противога́зе.
      Žiznʹ bylá láskovym zeljónym čúdom; nébo býlo nepodvížnym i bezóblačnym, sijálo sólnce – i v sámom céntre étovo míra stojál dvuxɛtážnyj spálʹnyj kórpus, vnutrí kotórovo proxodíl dlínnyj koridór, po kotóromu ja polz v protivogáze.
      Life was a tender green miracle; the sky was clear and still, the sun was shining—and in the very centre of this world stood the two-storey dormitory building, and inside it was the long corridor, along which I was crawling in a gas mask.
  2. to move slowly
  3. to spread (of rumours)
  4. to fray, to ravel out (of fabric)
  5. to slip, to collapse (of soil)

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