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пы́хать (pýxatʹimpf (perfective пыхну́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to blaze, to burn brightly, to glow
  2. (colloquial) to radiate (+ instrumental; heat, fire, etc.)
  3. (colloquial, figurative) to project, to radiate, to be bursting with (+ instrumental; health, happiness, malice, etc.)
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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pyxati.

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пы́хать (pýxatʹimpf (perfective пыхну́ть)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to emit smoke, to puff (+ instrumental, on)
    пы́хать сигаре́ткойpýxatʹ sigarétkojto puff on a cigarette
  2. (slang, transitive) to huff, to inhale (drugs)
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