Russian edit

Etymology edit

от- (ot-) +‎ каза́ть (kazátʹ). A false friend with Belarusian адказа́ць (adkazácʹ, to answer, to respond, to reply).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɐtkɐˈzatʲ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

отказа́ть (otkazátʹpf (imperfective отка́зывать)

  1. to deny, to refuse, to decline
  2. to break, to fail, to stop working

Conjugation edit

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