осенить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic осѣнити (osěniti). By surface analysis, о (o) +‎ сень (senʹ) +‎ -ить (-itʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐsʲɪˈnʲitʲ]
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Verb

осени́ть • (osenítʹ) pf (imperfective осеня́ть)

  1. (dated, poetic) to overhang, to spread (above), to spread as a canopy (over)
    осени́ть себя́ кре́стным зна́мением ― osenítʹ sebjá kréstnym známenijem ― to cross oneself
  2. to dawn (upon)
    его́ осени́ло; его́ осени́ла мысль ― jevó osenílo; jevó oseníla myslʹ ― it dawned upon him; a thought occurred to him

Conjugation

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