мелькнуть

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”). Cognates include Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Ancient Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins, “morning”), English morrow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲɪlʲkˈnutʲ]

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Verb

мелькну́ть • (melʹknútʹ) pf (imperfective мелька́ть)

1. to flash, to gleam
2. to flit, to fly (past)
3. to loom, to turn up
4. to appear for a moment, to be glimpsed fleetingly

Conjugation

Conjugation of мелькну́ть (class 3b perfective intransitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	мелькну́ть melʹknútʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	мелькну́вший melʹknúvšij
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	мелькну́в melʹknúv, мелькну́вши melʹknúvši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	мелькну́ melʹknú
2nd singular (ты)	—	мелькнёшь melʹknjóšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	мелькнёт melʹknjót
1st plural (мы)	—	мелькнём melʹknjóm
2nd plural (вы)	—	мелькнёте melʹknjóte
3rd plural (они́)	—	мелькну́т melʹknút
imperative	singular	plural
	мелькни́ melʹkní	мелькни́те melʹkníte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	мелькну́л melʹknúl	мелькну́ли melʹknúli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	мелькну́ла melʹknúla
neuter (оно́)	мелькну́ло melʹknúlo

Related terms

• ме́льком (mélʹkom)
• промелькну́ть (promelʹknútʹ)