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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orz(ъ)zinǫti, from *orz- + *zinǫti. Cognate with Belarusian разіну́ць (razinúcʹ), Serbo-Croatian razinuti, Bulgarian раззи́на (razzína), Macedonian раззине (razzine).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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рази́нуть (razínutʹpf (imperfective разева́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to open (wide)
    рази́нуть ротrazínutʹ rot1) open wide one's mouth; 2) gape
    рази́нув ротrazínuv rotagape; open-mouthed

Conjugation

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References

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  • Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2010), “*orz(ъ)zinǫti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 36 (*orz(ъ)zeleněti/*orz(ъ)zeleniti (sę) – *otъgrěbati (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 9