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вы́- (vý-) +‎ коло́ть (kolótʹ)

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вы́колоть (výkolotʹpf (imperfective выка́лывать)

  1. to puncture, to pierce
  2. to poke out, to gouge out, to remove by poking or gouging
    вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́детvýkolju sebé glaz, pustʹ u tjóšči zjatʹ krivój búdetI'll cut off my nose to spite my face (literally, “I'll poke my own eye out, let my mother-in-law have a one-eyed son-in-law”)
  3. to draw (a tattoo, image, etc.) by piercing or poking
  4. to cut out the middle of

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