искушать

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic искоушати (iskušati). By surface analysis, искуси́ть (iskusítʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪskʊˈʂatʲ]

Verb

искуша́ть • (iskušátʹ) impf (perfective искуси́ть)

  1. (dated) to experience, to acquire knowledge of
  2. (literary) to test, to tempt
    искуша́ть судьбу́ ― iskušátʹ sudʹbú ― to tempt fate
  3. (literary) to tempt, to entice, to seduce

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • искуша́ться impf (iskušátʹsja), искуси́ться pf (iskusítʹsja)
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