Meaning of гніць | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to rot, to putrefy, to go bad, to decay, to decompose (to suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria)
   imperfective, intransitive
2. to rot, to decay, to deteriorate (to decline in function or utility)
   figuratively, imperfective, intransitive
3. to rot (to spend a long period of time in an unpleasant place or state)
   colloquial, figuratively, imperfective, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Časam doždž lije ŭzapar niekolki hadzin, a to niekolki dzion, i hetki doždž može paškodzić zbožžu i harodninie. Jany pačnuć hnić.”

Sometimes the rain pours for several hours, or even several days, and such rain can damage crops and vegetables. They will start to rot.

“Можаце мяне за гэта на смерць засудзіць, але факт астаецца фактам, што капіталізм гніе, раскладаецца і на змену яму прыйдзе новая, сацыялістычная сістэма.”

You can sentence me to death for this, but the fact remains that capitalism is rotting, decaying, and it will be replaced by a new, socialist system.

“А за што я ваяваць буду? За што я галаву сваю складаць буду, за што я гніць у акопах буду?”

And what will I fight for? For what will I lay down my life? For what will I rot in the trenches?

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