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  • 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

PresentFuture
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

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Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
дохну́ть-to take a breath; to waft; to die (of animals)
вдохну́тьв-to breathe in; to instil
вздохну́тьвз-to sigh
отдохну́тьот-to rest; to have a holiday
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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 3 days ago.
  • Sandy edited verb basics 5 years ago.
  • Sandy edited verb basics 5 years ago.
  • Sandy edited verb basics 5 years ago.