потухнуть

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈtuxnʊtʲ]

Verb

поту́хнуть • (potúxnutʹ) pf (imperfective потуха́ть or ту́хнуть)

  1. to go out, to die out (of light, fire, etc.)
    • 1904, Леонид Андреев, “Отрывок четвёртый”, in Красный смех; English translation from Alexandra Linden, transl., The Red Laugh, London: T. Fisher, 1905:
      Мы все смотрели на самовар, а он потух, отразил на боках своих желтизну и угрозу заката и тоже стал чужой, мертвый и непонятный.
      My vse smotreli na samovar, a on potux, otrazil na bokax svoix želtiznu i ugrozu zakata i tože stal čužoj, mertvyj i neponjatnyj.
      We all sat watching the samovar, but it went out, its sides reflecting the yellowishness and menace of the sunset, and it seemed also an unfamiliar, dead and incomprehensible object.

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