Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic умъножати (umŭnožati). By surface analysis, умно́жить (umnóžitʹ) +‎ -ать (-atʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʊmnɐˈʐatʲ]
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Verb

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умножа́ть (umnožátʹimpf (perfective умно́жить)

  1. (mathematics or figurative) to multiply [with accusative ‘something’ and на (na, + accusative) ‘by something else’]
    Synonyms: мно́жить (mnóžitʹ), помножа́ть (pomnožátʹ)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “умножать”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1215
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