врать

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See also: вратъ

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrati, 1sg. *vьrǫ (as a verb, only preserved in Russian and Serbo-Croatian). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to speak”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian varati (“to betray”).

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Verb

врать • (vratʹ) impf (perfective совра́ть)

  1. to lie
    Synonym: лгать (lgatʹ)
  2. to make a mistake
  3. to be inaccurate
  4. to tell tales

Conjugation

Conjugation of вра́ть (class 6°b/c imperfective transitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive вра́ть
vrátʹ
participles present tense past tense
active вру́щий
vrúščij		 вра́вший
vrávšij
passive — —
adverbial — вра́в
vráv,
вра́вши
vrávši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) вру́
vrú		 бу́ду вра́ть
búdu vrátʹ
2nd singular (ты) врёшь
vrjóšʹ		 бу́дешь вра́ть
búdešʹ vrátʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) врёт
vrjót		 бу́дет вра́ть
búdet vrátʹ
1st plural (мы) врём
vrjóm		 бу́дем вра́ть
búdem vrátʹ
2nd plural (вы) врёте
vrjóte		 бу́дете вра́ть
búdete vrátʹ
3rd plural (они́) вру́т
vrút		 бу́дут вра́ть
búdut vrátʹ
imperative singular plural
ври́
vrí		 ври́те
vríte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) вра́л
vrál		 вра́ли
vráli
feminine (я/ты/она́) врала́
vralá
neuter (оно́) вра́ло
vrálo

Derived terms

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “врать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “врать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 169

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