избегать

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic избѣгати (izběgati). By surface analysis, из- (iz-) +‎ бе́гать (bégatʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ).

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  • IPA(key): [ɪzbʲɪˈɡatʲ]
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избега́ть (izbegátʹimpf (perfective избежа́ть or избе́гнуть)

  1. to avoid, to refrain from [with genitive ‘something’ or infinitive ‘doing something’]
    избега́ть дубли́рования уси́лийizbegátʹ dublírovanija usílijto avoid duplication of efforts
  2. to keep off, to steer clear of, to shun, to evade, to elude [with genitive ‘someone/something’]
  3. to escape [with genitive ‘from trouble, misfortune, punishment, etc.’]
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Etymology 2

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из- (iz-) +‎ бе́гать (bégatʹ)

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избе́гать (izbégatʹpf

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to run (many places), to run about, to run all over
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