-жигать

Russian

Etymology

From imperfective lengthening of the perfective Proto-Slavic stem *-žьg- (cf. first singular *žьgǫ of *žeťi) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о- → -а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨˈɡatʲ]

Combining form

-жига́ть • (-žigátʹ) impf (perfective -же́чь)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of жечь (žečʹ, “to burn”).
    подже́чь pf (podžéčʹ) → поджига́ть impf (podžigátʹ)
    вы́жечь pf (výžečʹ) → выжига́ть impf (vyžigátʹ)
    заже́чься pf (zažéčʹsja) → зажига́ться impf (zažigátʹsja)

Conjugation

See also

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