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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic кꙋрити (kuriti, smoke, emit smoke), from Proto-Slavic *kuriti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kʊˈrʲitʲ]
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Verb

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кури́ть (kurítʹimpf (perfective покури́ть)

  1. to smoke (tobacco etc.)
    • 1877, Иван Тургенев, “Часть первая. VII”, in Новь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Virgin Soil, 1920:
      — А я вот не курю, продолжала она, ласково прищурив свои бархатные глаза… — Отстала от века.
      — A ja vot ne kurju, prodolžala ona, laskovo priščuriv svoi barxatnyje glaza… — Otstala ot veka.
      'Well, I don't smoke,' she went on, with an ingratiating light in her velvety eyes. . . . 'I am behind the age.'
  2. to burn, to fumigate
  3. to distil

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Descendants

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  • Kildin Sami: кӯррэ (kūrre)