Jump to content

умертвить

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Russian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оумрьтвити (umrĭtviti). By surface analysis, у- (u-) +‎ мёртвый (mjórtvyj) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [ʊmʲɪrtˈvʲitʲ]

Verb

[edit]

умертви́ть (umertvítʹpf (imperfective умерщвля́ть)

  1. to kill
  2. (figurative) to kill, to destroy, to make unfit for habitation or growth
  3. to suppress (thoughts, feelings, etc.)
  4. to deprive (of hope, joy, etc.)

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]