сподобить

Russian

с- (s-) +‎ подо́бие (podóbije) +‎ -ить (-itʹ)

сподо́бить • (spodóbitʹ) pf (imperfective сподобля́ть)

(dated) to vouchsafe, to grant or bestow [with accusative ‘grace, mercy, an honor, etc.’ or infinitive ‘the honor of doing something’] (of God)
(colloquial, ironic, usually impersonal) to be managed [with accusative ‘by someone’ and infinitive ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated by English manage with the accusative object as the subject)
его́ сподо́било заболе́ть ― jevó spodóbilo zabolétʹ ― he "managed" to get sick

Conjugation of сподо́бить (class 4a perfective transitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
perfective aspect
infinitive	сподо́бить spodóbitʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	сподо́бивший spodóbivšij
passive	—	сподо́бленный spodóblennyj
adverbial	—	сподо́бив spodóbiv, сподо́бивши spodóbivši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	сподо́блю spodóblju
2nd singular (ты)	—	сподо́бишь spodóbišʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	сподо́бит spodóbit
1st plural (мы)	—	сподо́бим spodóbim
2nd plural (вы)	—	сподо́бите spodóbite
3rd plural (они́)	—	сподо́бят spodóbjat
imperative	singular	plural
	сподо́бь spodóbʹ	сподо́бьте spodóbʹte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	сподо́бил spodóbil	сподо́били spodóbili
feminine (я/ты/она́)	сподо́била spodóbila
neuter (оно́)	сподо́било spodóbilo