-зирать

Russian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [zʲɪˈratʲ]

Combining form

-зира́ть • (-zirátʹ) impf (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

See also

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