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Russian
Etymology
ис- (is-) + пыта́ть (pytátʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
испыта́ть • (ispytátʹ) pf (imperfective испы́тывать)
- to try, to test
- to experience, to undergo, to feel
1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 26”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:Кто не вида́л таки́х слёз в глаза́х люби́мого существа́, тот ещё не испыта́л, до како́й сте́пени, замира́я весь от благода́рности и от стыда́, мо́жет быть сча́стлив на земле́ челове́к.- Kto ne vidál takíx sljoz v glazáx ljubímovo suščestvá, tot ješčó ne ispytál, do kakój stépeni, zamirája vesʹ ot blagodárnosti i ot stydá, móžet bytʹ sčástliv na zemlé čelovék.
- Whoever has not seen such tears in the eyes of a beloved person has not yet experienced to what an extent, overwhelmed with gratitude and awe, a human being may find happiness on earth.
Conjugation
Conjugation of испыта́ть (class 1a perfective transitive)