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Etymology

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за- (za-) +‎ мота́ть (motátʹ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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замота́ть (zamotátʹpf (imperfective зама́тывать)

  1. to roll up, to fold up
  2. to twist (round), to wind (round)
  3. (colloquial) to wear out, to tire out
  4. (colloquial) to withhold, to refuse to give, to appropriate, to help oneself, to hook
  5. (colloquial) to tie up, to bind up
    меня́ совсе́м дела́ замота́лиmenjá sovsém delá zamotáliI am completely tied up with (bound up in; snowed under with) my affairs
  6. to shake, to begin to shake
    замота́ть голово́йzamotátʹ golovójto (begin to) shake one's head
    замота́ть хвосто́мzamotátʹ xvostómto (begin to) wag one's tail

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