See also: -полнить

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Etymology 1 edit

Deadjectival, from по́лный (pólnyj, stout, chubby) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ). Newly-formed and not to be confused with the inherited combining perfective stem -по́лнить (-pólnitʹ), which differs in stress as well as meaning. The latter stem also exists as an archaic stand-alone imperfective meaning “to cause to swell, fill with”.

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полни́ть (polnítʹimpf (no perfective form)

  1. to cause one to look fatter than one is
    зе́ркало меня́ полни́тzérkalo menjá polnítthe mirror makes me look chubby
  2. to cause one to gain weight
    каки́е проду́кты полня́т, а каки́е - стройня́т?kakíje prodúkty polnját, a kakíje - strojnját?which food makes you gain and lose weight?
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Etymology 2 edit

Directly or via Old Church Slavonic from Proto-Slavic *pьlniti. By surface analysis, по́лный (pólnyj, full) +‎ -ить (-itʹ). Cognate to Ukrainian по́внити (póvnyty), Belarusian по́ўніць (póŭnicʹ) and parallel forms in most other Slavic lanaguages.

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по́лнить (pólnitʹimpf (perfective напо́лнить and запо́лнить)

  1. (archaic) to cause to swell, fill with, occupy, enrich
    Но мы́сль об ско́ром свида́нии одна́ то́лько тепе́рь по́лнит мою́ ду́шу.
    But the thought of seeing each other so soon now alone swells my soul.
    Гоголь, Письмо М. И. Гоголь, 14 мая 1826
    Synonyms: наполня́ть (napolnjátʹ), заполня́ть (zapolnjátʹ), насыща́ть (nasyščátʹ), напоя́ть (napojátʹ)
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