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Etymology edit

и́ней (ínej, hoarfrost) +‎ -еть (-etʹ), with epenthetic д. Compare archaic/dialectal иневеть (inevetʹ). Possibly from Proto-Slavic *inьjevěti.

Pronunciation edit

  • и́ндеветь: IPA(key): [ˈinʲdʲɪvʲɪtʲ]
  • индеве́ть: IPA(key): [ɪnʲdʲɪˈvʲetʲ] (non-standard but common)

Verb edit

и́ндеветь or индеве́ть* (índevetʹ or indevétʹ*impf (perfective заи́ндеветь) (* non-standard but common)

  1. to become covered with frost

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