пыхать

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Etymology 1

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пы́хать (pýxatʹimpf (perfective пыхну́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to blaze, to burn brightly, to glow
  2. (colloquial) to radiate [with instrumental ‘heat, fire, etc.’]
  3. (colloquial, figurative) to project, to radiate, to be bursting with [with instrumental ‘health, happiness, malice, etc.’]
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pyxati.

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пы́хать (pýxatʹimpf (perfective пыхну́ть)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to emit smoke, to puff [with instrumental ‘on something, e.g. a cigarette or cigar’]
    пы́хать сигаре́ткойpýxatʹ sigarétkojto puff on a cigarette
  2. (slang, transitive) to huff, to inhale (drugs)
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