Russian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Calque of New Latin suspensio, whence also суспе́нзия (suspénzija); from вз- (vz-) +‎ весь (vesʹ).

Noun

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взвесь (vzvesʹf inan (genitive взве́си, nominative plural взве́си, genitive plural взве́сей)

  1. suspension, dredge
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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взвесь (vzvesʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of взве́сить (vzvésitʹ)

References

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  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “взвесь”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 66