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резать

Pronunciation: [ˈrʲezətʲ]

“резать” is a Russian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to cut up, to cut open, to slice, to carve
  2. to slaughter, to knife, to kill
  3. to carve, to cut, to engrave
  4. to cut off, to slice, to chop
  5. to give a failing grade
  6. to hurt, to cut into
  7. to operate, to cut open
  8. to irritate, to offend (eyes), to grate on (ears)
  9. to pass close, to shave
  10. to speak bluntly

Etymology

From Old East Slavic рѣзати (rězati), from Proto-Slavic *rězati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic рѣзати (rězati), Ukrainian різати (rizaty), Bulgarian режа (reža), Serbo-Croatian резати, Slovene rezati, Czech řezat, Slovak rezať, Polish rzezać, Upper Sorbian rězać, Lower Sorbian rězaś, and Ancient Greek ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi).

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