умерщвлять

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оумрьщвлѣти (umrĭštvlěti). By surface analysis, у- (u-) +‎ мёртвый (mjórtvyj) +‎ -я́ть (-játʹ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʊmʲɪrɕːˈvlʲætʲ]

Verb edit

умерщвля́ть (umerščvljátʹimpf (perfective умертви́ть)

  1. to kill
  2. (figurative) to kill, to destroy, to make unfit for habitation or growth
  3. to suppress (thoughts, feelings, etc.)
  4. to deprive (of hope, joy, etc.)

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