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Etymology

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From dialectal брезг (brezg, dawn) +‎ -ить (-itʹ), from Proto-Slavic *brězgъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbrʲeʐːɨtʲ] ~ [ˈbrʲeʑːɪtʲ]
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Verb

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бре́зжить (brézžitʹimpf (perfective забре́зжить)

  1. (also impersonal) to dawn
  2. to flicker faintly
  3. (figurative) to dawn, to emerge, to begin to manifest (of hope, a thought, etc.)

Conjugation

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