кусить

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1)  to eat
 * 2)  to bite

Usage notes

 * Some derived verbs conjugate as class 4c; those form imperfectives with -ку́сывать. Others conjugate as class 4b and form imperfectives with -куша́ть. Notice that the verbs conjugating as class 4b have more abstract meanings.
 * A number of derived perfective verbs have low-colloquial variants in -куса́ть (see also ).

Derived terms

 * NOTE: Some of the following verbs are derived from, which may not exactly derive from , but rather may be a parallel formation.