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-зирать

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Russian

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Etymology

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From imperfective lengthening of the Proto-Slavic perfective infinitive stem *-zьr- (from the infinitive *zьrěti) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о--а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation

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Combining form

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-зира́ть (-zirátʹimpf (perfective -зре́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of зреть (zretʹ, to watch, to look at).
    презре́ть pf (prezrétʹ)презира́ть impf (prezirátʹ)
    воззре́ть pf (vozzrétʹ)взира́ть impf (vzirátʹ)

Conjugation

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See also

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