убежать

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Alternative forms

Etymology

у- (u-) +‎ бежа́ть (bežátʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊbʲɪˈʐatʲ]
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Verb

убежа́ть • (ubežátʹpf (imperfective убега́ть)

  1. to run away, to make off, to flee
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter XVIII, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Передо́нов испуга́лся и рад был убежа́ть, да Гудаевский в пылу́ раздраже́ния не заме́тил, что загороди́л вы́ход.
      Peredónov ispugálsja i rad byl ubežátʹ, da Gudajevskij v pylú razdražénija ne zamétil, što zagorodíl výxod.
      Peredonov was frightened and would have been glad to run away, but Goudayevsky in his excitement did not notice that he was standing in his way.
  2. to escape
  3. to boil over (of liquid)
    молоко́ убежа́лоmolokó ubežálothe milk has boiled over

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