Zabyt'

[Edward M Dumanis]

And "zabit'" might also mean "to kill" in Russian.
BTW, I am wondering why nobody has mentioned that Russian "zabyt'e(jo)"
means the state of unconsciousness, za - beyond and byt'e=bytie -
existence.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005, Katerina P. King wrote:

> It's zabi't, actually! :)
>
> Katerina P. King, Ph.D.
> Mount Holyoke College
> 50 College Street
> South Hadley, MA 01075-1456
>
> On Sat, 11 Jun 2005, Mills Charles wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:42:04 -0500
> > From: Mills Charles <cmills at knox.edu>
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Zabyt'
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ------------
> > And certainly not to be confused for Czech "zaby't" (to kill)--along with "devka"
> > (prostitute)--the bane of my existence my first year in the Czech Rep.!
> >
> > C.
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