пахнуть

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paxnǫti.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaxnʊtʲ]

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па́хнуть • (páxnutʹ) impf

1. to smell, to have a smell [with adverb ‘in a particular way’ or instrumental ‘of/like something’]

   Де́ньги не па́хнут. ― Dénʹgi ne páxnut. ― Money has no smell.

   во́здух па́хнет ро́зами. ― vózdux páxnet rózami. ― The air smells of roses.

2. (impersonal) for there to be a smell [with в (v, + prepositional) ‘something with a smell’, along with adverb ‘in a particular way’ or instrumental ‘of/like something’]

   в во́здухе па́хнет ро́зами. ― v vózduxe páxnet rózami. ― The air smells of roses. (literally, “In the air there is a smell of roses.”)

3. (figurative, colloquial) to smell, to give off a premonition [with instrumental ‘of/like something bad’]

   э́то де́ло па́хнет неприя́тностью. ― éto délo páxnet neprijátnostʹju. ― This matter smells of trouble.

• за́пах (zápax)
• паху́чий (paxúčij)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paxnǫti.

• IPA^(key): [pɐxˈnutʲ]

пахну́ть • (paxnútʹ) pf

1. to puff, to blow

   Пахну́ло хо́лодом. ― Paxnúlo xólodom. ― There came a cold blast.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaxnʊtʲ]

па́хнуть • (páxnutʹ)

1. inflection of па́хнути impf (páxnuty):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. alternative infinitive form

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [pɐxˈnutʲ]

пахну́ть • (paxnútʹ)

1. inflection of пахну́ти pf (paxnúty):
   1. third-person singular future indicative
   2. alternative infinitive form