зажать

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Etymology 1

за- (za-) +‎ жать (žatʹ, “to press, to squeeze”)

Verb

зажа́ть • (zažátʹ) pf (imperfective зажима́ть)

  1. to press, to squeeze, to clutch
  2. to stop up, to block up, to plug up
  3. to suppress, to stifle, to restrict
  4. (colloquial) to withhold, to let be giving back something borrowed or otherwise rightfully belonging to someone else
    Я бо̀льше никогда̀ не бу̀ду дава̀ть Ва̀се кнѝги на почита̀ть, он зажа̀л мою̀ кнѝгу.
    Ja bòlʹše nikogdà ne bùdu davàtʹ Vàse knìgi na počitàtʹ, on zažàl mojù knìgu.
    I'll never lend books to Vasya again, he never returned my book to me.
    Страхова̀я компа̀ния зажа̀ла его̀ дѐньги.
    Straxovàja kompànija zažàla jevò dènʹgi.
    The insurance company withheld/refused to pay his money.
Conjugation
Conjugation of зажа́ть (class 14b perfective transitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
perfective aspect
infinitive зажа́ть
zažátʹ
participles present tense past tense
active — зажа́вший
zažávšij
passive — зажа́тый
zažátyj
adverbial — зажа́в
zažáv,
зажа́вши
zažávši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) — зажму́
zažmú
2nd singular (ты) — зажмёшь
zažmjóšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) — зажмёт
zažmjót
1st plural (мы) — зажмём
zažmjóm
2nd plural (вы) — зажмёте
zažmjóte
3rd plural (они́) — зажму́т
zažmút
imperative singular plural
зажми́
zažmí		 зажми́те
zažmíte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) зажа́л
zažál		 зажа́ли
zažáli
feminine (я/ты/она́) зажа́ла
zažála
neuter (оно́) зажа́ло
zažálo
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Etymology 2

за- (za-) +‎ жать (žatʹ, “to reap, to harvest”)

Verb

зажа́ть • (zažátʹ) pf (imperfective зажина́ть)

  1. to start to reap, to start to harvest
Conjugation
Conjugation of зажа́ть (class 14b perfective transitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
perfective aspect
infinitive зажа́ть
zažátʹ
participles present tense past tense
active — зажа́вший
zažávšij
passive — зажа́тый
zažátyj
adverbial — зажа́в
zažáv,
зажа́вши
zažávši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) — зажну́
zažnú
2nd singular (ты) — зажнёшь
zažnjóšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) — зажнёт
zažnjót
1st plural (мы) — зажнём
zažnjóm
2nd plural (вы) — зажнёте
zažnjóte
3rd plural (они́) — зажну́т
zažnút
imperative singular plural
зажни́
zažní		 зажни́те
zažníte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) зажа́л
zažál		 зажа́ли
zažáli
feminine (я/ты/она́) зажа́ла
zažála
neuter (оно́) зажа́ло
zažálo
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