внушить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въноушити (vŭnušiti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vnʊˈʂɨtʲ]
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Verb

внуши́ть • (vnušítʹpf (imperfective внуша́ть)

  1. to arouse (fear, etc.), to instill/inspire (respect, etc.)
    внуша́ть кому́-либо стра́х
    vnušátʹ komú-libo stráx
    to arouse fear in someone
    внуша́ть кому́-либо уваже́ние
    vnušátʹ komú-libo uvažénije
    to command someone's respect
  2. to convince, to suggest
    Он нам внуши́л, что ...
    On nam vnušíl, što ...
    He convinced us that ...
    внуша́ть мысль кому́-либо
    vnušátʹ myslʹ komú-libo
    to suggest an idea to someone

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Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “внушать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “внушать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 158
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “внушить”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

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