приказать долго жить
Russian
FWOTD – 26 June 2014
Etymology
Literally, “to command to live long”. Popular etymology: a dying person, blessing the crowd of relatives, bequeathed (ordered) them to live long.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [prʲɪkɐˈzadʲ ˈdoɫɡə ˈʐɨtʲ]
Verb
приказа́ть до́лго жить • (prikazátʹ dólgo žitʹ) pf (imperfective form is not used)
- (euphemistic, literary) to die
- (figurative, ironical, humorous, of a non-living thing) to cease to exist
Conjugation
Conjugation of приказать долго жить: see приказа́ть