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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic изоумѣти (izuměti). By surface analysis, из- (iz-) +‎ ум (um) +‎ -ить (-itʹ). Originally meant "to make mad".

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Verb edit

изуми́ть (izumítʹpf (imperfective изумля́ть)

  1. to amaze, to astound, to astonish, to strike (to fill with surprise)

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