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рубить

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rǫbiti. Compare Belarusian руба́ць (rubácʹ), Bulgarian ръ́бя (rắbja), Ukrainian руби́ти (rubýty), Czech roubit, Polish rąbać.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rʊˈbʲitʲ]
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Verb

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руби́ть (rubítʹimpf (perfective поруби́ть)

  1. to axe, to fell, to chop, to cut (with an axe)
  2. to build out of wood
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter XXIII, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Е́ле ви́дная сквозь пыль, подыма́лась, росла́ деревя́нная стена́. Руби́ли кре́пость.
      Jéle vídnaja skvozʹ pylʹ, podymálasʹ, roslá derevjánnaja stená. Rubíli krépostʹ.
      Barely visible through the dust, a wooden wall loomed and grew. They were building a fortress.
  3. (colloquial, figurative) to not mince words, to speak the truth, to speak one's mind
    Он лю́бит руби́ть пра́вду-ма́тку.
    On ljúbit rubítʹ právdu-mátku.
    He doesn't like to mince words.
    (literally, “He likes to cut the mother truth.”)

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