how to pronounce медлить

/ˈmʲedlʲɪtʲ/

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медлить is pronounced in two syllables

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mʲ

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lʲ

tʲ

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An example use of медлить in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… очень а почему будем этот медлить затем …”

meanings of медлить

verb:

To delay, to linger, to procrastinate, to hesitate, to tarry.

медлить frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word медлить occurs in russian on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.