стрелять

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic стрѣляти (strěljati, “throw arrows”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strʲɪˈlʲætʲ]

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Verb

стреля́ть • (streljátʹ) impf (perfective вы́стрелить or стрельну́ть)

1. to shoot, fire

   стреля́ть из пу́шек по воробья́м

   streljátʹ iz púšek po vorobʹjám

   to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, to break a butterfly on the wheel, to crush a fly with a steam-roller

   (literally, “to shoot from cannons at sparrows”)

2. to shoot feel acute pains
3. to cadge