гасить
Russian
verb
Definitions
- to put out, to extinguish
- to turn off (light)
- to cancel (debt); to make invalid
- to quench
- to slake (lime)
- to kill (a ball)
- (slang) to kill, to murder, to waste; to beat
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gasìti root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes- (extinguish, quench, quell).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)gʷes-
Gloss
extinguish, quench, quell
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process