See also: речь

Russian

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Etymology

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From Old East Slavic речи (reči), from Proto-Slavic *reťi.

Pronunciation

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Combining form

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-ре́чь (-réčʹpf (imperfective -река́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form prefixed perfective verbs, with the approximate meaning "to say".

Usage notes

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  • Do not confuse this with the noun речь (rečʹ, speech). In pre-reform spelling, the noun was spelled рѣчь (rěčʹ) and the verbal combining form -речь (-rečʹ).

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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verbs

Further reading

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