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отмахну́ть

verbperfective (partner отма́хивать)rare
  • 1.

    to wave away, to shoo away, to brush off (an insect)

    Он отмахну́л муху от лица.

    He waved a fly away from his face.

    Perfective; of a single sweeping movement of the hand.

  • 2.

    (rareto cover (a distance), to do (so many kilometres)

    За день мы отмахну́ли сто километров.

    We covered a hundred kilometres in a day.

    Colloquial: of covering a long stretch in one go.

  • 3.

    (rareto knock off (quickly), to get done in no time

    Он отмахну́л всю работу за час.

    He knocked off all the work in an hour.

    Colloquial: of finishing a task fast.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
отмахну́
ты-
отмахнёшь
он/она́/оно́-
отмахнёт
мы-
отмахнём
вы-
отмахнёте
они́-
отмахну́т
Imperative
ты
отмахни́
вы
отмахни́те
Past
masculine
отмахну́л
feminine
отмахну́ла
neuter
отмахну́ло
plural
отмахну́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

отмахну́вший

having brushed off, having waved away, having dismissed, having shrugged off

Passive present

-

Passive past

отма́хнутый

waved away, brushed off, fended off

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

отмахну́в

отмахнувши

while doing (past)

Word familyмахну́тьPRO

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Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
отмахну́тьот-to wave away; to cover (a distance); to knock off (quickly)
отмахну́тьсяот-to brush aside; to wave away
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  • Iron edited translation 1 day ago.