- verb дохну́ть
- verb до́хнуть
дохну́ть
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verbperfective
- 1.
to take a breath, to breathe (once), to draw breath
От стра́ха он не смел дохну́ть.
He was too frightened to draw breath.
Perfective дохну́ть (stress on -ну́ть); most often in negative phrases such as не сметь дохнуть.
- 2.
to waft, to blow, to breathe (out something)
От письма́ дохну́ло чем-то́ родным и знакомым.
Something dear and familiar wafted from the letter.
Usually impersonal: от чего-л. дохнуло + instrumental.
- 3.
to die (of animals), to perish, to drop dead
Куры до́хнут от жары.
The hens are dying from the heat.
This is the homograph до́хнуть (stress on до́-)‚ imperfective; used of animals and colloquially of people.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | дохну́ |
| ты | - | дохнёшь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | дохнёт |
| мы | - | дохнём |
| вы | - | дохнёте |
| они́ | - | дохну́т |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | дохни́ |
| вы | дохни́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | дохну́л |
| feminine | дохну́ла |
| neuter | дохну́ло |
| plural | дохну́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | - | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | - |
Word familyдохну́тьPRO
- до́хнутьto die
- вы́дохнутьto breathe out
- издо́хнутьto die
- передо́хнутьto take
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Prefix groupPRO
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| дохну́ть | - | to take a breath; to waft; to die (of animals) |
| вдохну́ть | в- | to breathe in; to instil |
| вздохну́ть | вз- | to sigh |
| отдохну́ть | от- | to rest; to have a holiday |
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Sandy edited verb basics 5 years ago.
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