унести

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Russian

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Etymology

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у- (u-) +‎ нести́ (nestí)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʊnʲɪˈsʲtʲi]
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Verb

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унести́ (unestípf (imperfective уноси́ть)

  1. to take away, to take off, to carry (away)
    Ве́тром унесло́ мою́ ке́пку.Vétrom unesló mojú képku.The wind carried my cap away.
    • 1884, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Альбом; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Album, 1921:
      По́сле обе́да О́лечка унесла́ альбо́м к себе́ в ко́мнату и заперла́ его́ в стол.
      Pósle obéda Ólečka uneslá alʹbóm k sebé v kómnatu i zaperlá jevó v stol.
      After dinner Olya carried off the album to her room and shut it up in her table drawer.
  2. (figuratively) to take (a life), to claim (a life)
    Траге́дия унесла́ жи́зни 12 челове́к.Tragédija uneslá žízni 12 čelovék.The tragedy took the lives of 12 people.

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From у- (u-) +‎ нести́ (nestý). Compare Belarusian уне́сці (unjésci).

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Verb

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унести́ (unestýpf (imperfective уно́сити)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of внести́ pf (vnestý).

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References

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  1. ^ Included in Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “унести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, but omitted from the later Busel, V. T. (2005) “унести”, in Великий тлумачний словник сучасної української мови [Great Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), 2nd edition, Kyiv, Irpin: Perun, →ISBN, page 1507

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