стелить

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Russian

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Etymology

See Proto-Slavic *stьlati (to spread), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- / *stl-.

Pronunciation

Verb

стели́ть (stelítʹimpf (perfective постели́ть)

  1. to spread, to lay, to make (bed)
    Ма́ма сте́лет мне посте́ль.
    Máma stélet mne postélʹ.
    Mum is making a bed for me.
    Когда́ бу́дем стели́ть лино́леум?
    Kogdá búdem stelítʹ linóleum?
    When shall we put linoleum on?
    мя́гко сте́лет, да жёстко спать (proverb)
    mjáxko stélet, da žóstko spatʹ
    iron fist in velvet glove, a honey tongue, a heart of gall
    (literally, “he makes a soft bed but it's hard to sleep on it”)

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