убить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оубити (ubiti), from Proto-Slavic *ubiti. By surface analysis, у- (u-) +‎ бить (bitʹ).

Compare Ukrainian уби́ти (ubýty), Serbo-Croatian ùbiti, Slovene ubíti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊˈbʲitʲ]
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Verb

уби́ть • (ubítʹpf (imperfective убива́ть)

  1. to kill
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 6:19:
      Иродиада же, злобясь на него, желала убить его; но не могла.
      Irodiada že, zlobjasʹ na nevo, želala ubitʹ jevo; no ne mogla.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to murder
  3. to beat (in cards)
  4. to drive to despair
  5. to waste

Conjugation