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Russian necrovocabulary

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умерший (m, single), умершая (f, single) – deceased, dead покойный, покойная – deceased [derived from покой (peace)] покойник, покойница – deceased [derived from покой (peace)] усопший, усопшая – deceased [derived from church-old Russian «to fall asleep»] почивший, почившая – deceased [pretty outdated, derived from old Russian «to fall asleep»] преставившийся, преставившаяся – deceased [church-old Russian, from an old Russian verb with meaning “to transit, to transfer”] погибший, погибшая – perished, a person who died an unnatural violent death

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мертвый, мертвая – dead мертвец – dead труп - corpse

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умереть – to die погибнуть – to die an unnatural violent death, to perish [this is important; we will not say умерший, умереть about a person who was stabbed with a knife or hit by a car or died in an accident or killed in the war; we will not say погибший, погибнуть about a person who died of old age or illness] скончаться – to pass away уйти из жизни – to pass away

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These verbs are often used in relation to animals, in relation to people it sounds very rude or vernacular

околеть – to die издохнуть – to die сдохнуть, подохнуть – to die

———————————————————– Some expressions with the meaning «to die», many of them are pretty sublime:

почить – to die [perfect form of the obsolete verb “почить”, to fall asleep] уснуть вечным сном, уснуть навеки - to sleep an eternal sleep, to fall asleep forever приказать долго жить – to order to live long отправиться к праотцам - to go to the forefathers отдать Богу душу - to give God a soul отправиться на тот свет - to go to that world отойти от мира сего - to depart from this world отойти в лучший мир - to depart to a better world отойти в мир иной - to depart to another world испустить последний вздох - to breathe a last breath испустить дух - to give up the spirit сойти в гроб - to descend into the coffin сойти в могилу - to descend into the tomb лечь в сырую землю - to lie down in the damp earth

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почить в бозе - to rest in god [an outdated ecclesiastical expression, can be used by very religious people or in an ironic, mocking way]

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Colloquial, slightly rude expressions:

протянуть ноги – to stretch legs [pretty vernacular] сыграть в ящик – to play box надеть деревянный тулуп - put on a wooden sheepskin coat надеть деревянный макинтош - put on a wooden mackintosh отдать концы - give up the ends дать дуба – to give oak помереть - to die

———————————————————- Colloquial, vulgar or criminal expressions:

отбросить копыта – to drop the hooves отбросить коньки – to drop the skates склеить ласты - glue the fins [criminal] окочуриться - I believe that this verb has the meaning of “harden”, a reference to rigor mortis скопытиться - to be knocked off the hooves ———————————————————– стать героем – to become a hero ))))) [internet slang]

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