отрезать

Russian

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) от- (ot-) + (deprecated template usage) ре́зать (rézatʹ), from Old Russian (deprecated template usage) рѣзати (rězati), from а (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic form. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic (deprecated template usage) рѣзати (rězati), Ukrainian (deprecated template usage) різати (rizaty), Bulgarian (deprecated template usage) режа (reža), Serbo-Croatian (deprecated template usage) резати, Slovenian (deprecated template usage) rezati, Czech (deprecated template usage) řezat, Slovak (deprecated template usage) rezať, Polish (deprecated template usage) rzezać, Upper Sorbian (deprecated template usage) rězać, and Lower Sorbian (deprecated template usage) rězaś. Related to Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐtrʲɪˈzatʲ]

Verb

отреза́ть • (otrezátʹ) impf (perfective отре́зать)

1. cut off

   семь раз отмерь, один — отрежь — look before you leap

   отрезать пути — close the door, bar the way

2. snip off
3. divide, apportion
4. (speech) cut short, snap out

Related terms

• отрез (otrez)
• отрезание (otrezanije)
• отрезанный (otrezannyj)
• отрезок (otrezok)
• резать (rezatʹ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈtrʲezətʲ]

Verb

отре́зать • (otrézatʹ) pf (imperfective отреза́ть)

1. cut off

   семь раз отмерь, один — отрежь — look before you leap

   отрезать пути — close the door, bar the way

2. snip off
3. divide, apportion
4. (speech) cut short, snap out

Related terms

• отрез (otrez)
• отрезание (otrezanije)
• отрезанный (otrezannyj)
• отрезок (otrezok)
• резать (rezatʹ)