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Etymology 1

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об- (ob-) +‎ ре́зать (rézatʹ)

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обре́зать (obrézatʹpf (imperfective обреза́ть or обре́зывать) (the impf./pf. forms differ in the word stress in the infinitive and the conjugation)

  1. to cut off, to clip, to pare, to trim, to prune, to square
    обре́зать но́гтиobrézatʹ nógtipare one's fingernails
  2. to cut
    обре́зать па́лецobrézatʹ pálecto cut one's finger
  3. to circumcise
  4. (colloquial) to snub, to cut short
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Etymology 2

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обре́зать (obrézatʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

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Verb

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обреза́ть (obrezátʹimpf (perfective обре́зать) (the impf./pf. forms differ in the word stress in the infinitive and the conjugation)

  1. to cut off, to clip, to pare, to trim, to prune, to square
    обреза́ть но́гтиobrezátʹ nógtipare one's finger-nails
  2. to cut
    обреза́ть па́лецobrezátʹ pálecto cut one's finger
  3. to circumcise
  4. (colloquial) to snub, to cut short
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