воскликнуть

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въскликнѫти (vŭskliknǫti). By surface analysis, вос- (vos-) + кли́кнуть (klíknutʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɐˈsklʲiknʊtʲ]
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Verb

воскли́кнуть • (vosklíknutʹ) pf (imperfective восклица́ть)

  1. to exclaim, to cry
    • 1883, Антон Чехов, Толстый и тонкий; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Fat and Thin, 1922:
      — Порфирий!воскликнул толстый, увидев тонкого. — Ты ли это? Голубчик мой! Сколько зим, сколько лет!
      — Porfirij!voskliknul tolstyj, uvidev tonkovo. — Ty li eto? Golubčik moj! Skolʹko zim, skolʹko let!
      "Porfiry," cried the fat man on seeing the thin man. "Is it you? My dear fellow! How many summers, how many winters!"

Conjugation

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