жечь

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жечи (žeči), from Proto-Slavic *žeťi (“to burn”) < *gegti < *degti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *degtéi, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰégʷʰeti.

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Verb

жечь • (žečʹ) impf (perfective поже́чь or сжечь or подже́чь or разже́чь)

  1. to burn (to cause something to be consumed by fire; to cause burns or a burning sensation in something)
  2. (figurative) to torment

Conjugation

Conjugation of же́чь (class 8b/b imperfective transitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
△ Irregular.
imperfective aspect
infinitive же́чь
žéčʹ
participles present tense past tense
active жгу́щий△
žgúščij△		 жёгший
žógšij
passive — жжённый△
žžónnyj△
adverbial — жёгши
žógši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) жгу́△
žgú△		 бу́ду же́чь
búdu žéčʹ
2nd singular (ты) жжёшь△
žžóšʹ△		 бу́дешь же́чь
búdešʹ žéčʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) жжёт△
žžót△		 бу́дет же́чь
búdet žéčʹ
1st plural (мы) жжём△
žžóm△		 бу́дем же́чь
búdem žéčʹ
2nd plural (вы) жжёте△
žžóte△		 бу́дете же́чь
búdete žéčʹ
3rd plural (они́) жгу́т△
žgút△		 бу́дут же́чь
búdut žéčʹ
imperative singular plural
жги́△
žgí△		 жги́те△
žgíte△
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) жёг
žóg		 жгли́△
žglí△
feminine (я/ты/она́) жгла́△
žglá△
neuter (оно́) жгло́△
žgló△

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жгу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жечь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 301
  • жечь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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