Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlynǫti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈxɫɨnʊtʲ]
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Verb

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хлы́нуть (xlýnutʹpf

  1. to gush out, to spout
  2. to pour, to flood
    • 1884, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Nihilist:
      Васи́льцев встал с дива́на, подня́л што́ру и отвори́л окно́. Пе́рвые лучи́ чудного весе́ннего утра хлы́нули снопо́м.
      Vasílʹcev vstal s divána, podnjál štóru i otvoríl oknó. Pérvyje lučí čudnovo vesénnevo utra xlýnuli snopóm.
      Vasiltsev got up from the sofa, raised the blind and opened the window. The first rays of a wonderful spring morning came flooding in a shaft of light.

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