избегать

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic избѣгати (izběgati). By surface analysis, из- (iz-) +‎ бе́гать (bégatʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ).

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  • IPA(key): [ɪzbʲɪˈɡatʲ]
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избега́ть (izbegátʹimpf (perfective избежа́ть or избе́гнуть)

  1. to avoid, to refrain from [with genitive ‘something’ or infinitive ‘doing something’]
    избега́ть дубли́рования уси́лийizbegátʹ dublírovanija usílijto avoid duplication of efforts
    • 2001, Борис Акунин, “Часть первая. Блюдитеся псов. I. Смерть Загуляя”, in Пелагия и белый бульдог, Москва: АСТ; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Pelagia & the White Bulldog, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006:
      Еди́нственный род чте́ния, кото́рого влады́ка избега́л, почита́я малополе́зным, была́ беллетри́стика.
      Jedínstvennyj rod čténija, kotórovo vladýka izbegál, počitája malopoléznym, bylá belletrístika.
      The only kind of reading that the reverend bishop avoided and considered of little value was fiction.
  2. to keep off, to steer clear of, to shun, to evade, to elude [with genitive ‘someone/something’]
  3. to escape [with genitive ‘from trouble, misfortune, punishment, etc.’]
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Etymology 2

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из- (iz-) +‎ бе́гать (bégatʹ)

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избе́гать (izbégatʹpf

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to run (many places), to run about, to run all over
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