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пасть

Pronunciation: [pasʲtʲ]

“пасть” is a Russian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to fall
  2. to fall on an option
  3. to fall, to die on the battlefield, to be killed in action
  4. to fall, to lose power, to cease to exist, to be toppled
  5. to fall, to give way under siege
  6. to stoop, to lower one's morals

noun

  1. mouth, maw, jaws (of an animal, reptile or fish)
  2. mouth, piehole
  3. throat
  4. wide inlet on a device, structure or construction
  5. trap, snare

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пасти (pasti), from Proto-Slavic *pàsti (“to fall”).

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