ударить

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *udariti. See also удар (udar), драть (dratʹ) and раздо́р (razdór).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊˈdarʲɪtʲ]
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Verb

уда́рить • (udáritʹpf (imperfective ударя́ть)

  1. to strike, to knock, to hit, to punch
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter XX, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      По́здно но́чью в буфе́те Гудаевский внеза́пно подскочи́л к Передо́нову, без вся́ких объясне́ний уда́рил его́ по лицу́ не́сколько раз, разби́л ему́ очки́ и прово́рно удали́лся из клу́ба.
      Pózdno nóčʹju v buféte Gudajevskij vnezápno podskočíl k Peredónovu, bez vsjákix obʺjasnénij udáril jevó po licú néskolʹko raz, razbíl jemú očkí i provórno udalílsja iz klúba.
      Late at night in the refreshment room Goudayevsky ran up to Peredonov and without any explanation hit him several times in the face, broke his glasses and quickly left the Club.
  2. to butt, to bump
  3. to kick
  4. to set about, to start, to set in
  5. to attack

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “удар”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “удар”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “ударить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 445
    • See: Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “драть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 116

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