Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic разорити (razoriti), from Proto-Slavic *orzoriti, from *orz- +‎ *oriti. Compare Old Church Slavonic разорити (razoriti), Serbo-Croatian разо̀рити, Old East Slavic разорь (razorĭ), Old Church Slavonic орити (oriti).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rəzɐˈrʲitʲ]
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Verb

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разори́ть (razorítʹpf (imperfective разоря́ть)

  1. to destroy, to ravage
  2. to ruin, to bring to ruin

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “разорить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress