позлатить

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Etymology edit

A borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ зла́то (zláto) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ).

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Verb edit

позлати́ть (pozlatítʹpf (imperfective позлаща́ть)

  1. (religious, literary, poetic, dated) to gild
    Synonym: (normal register) позолоти́ть (pozolotítʹ)

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