-мирать

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈratʲ]

Combining form

-мира́ть • (-mirátʹ) impf (perfective -мере́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of мере́ть (merétʹ, “to die”).
    помере́ть pf (pomerétʹ) → помира́ть impf (pomirátʹ)
    умере́ть pf (umerétʹ) → умира́ть impf (umirátʹ)
    вы́мереть pf (výmeretʹ) → вымира́ть impf (vymirátʹ)

Conjugation

See also

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