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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic учити (učiti), from Proto-Slavic *učiti.

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учи́ть (učítʹimpf (perfective вы́учить or научи́ть or обучи́ть)

  1. to teach, to instruct (often not in an academic setting)
    Perfectives: научи́ть (naučítʹ), обучи́ть (obučítʹ)
    Она́ у́чит меня́ англи́йскому языку́.Oná účit menjá anglíjskomu jazykú.She teaches me English.
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 4:1:
      И опять начал учить при море; и собралось к Нему множество народа, так что Он вошел в лодку и сидел на море, а весь народ был на земле, у моря.
      I opjatʹ načal učitʹ pri more; i sobralosʹ k Nemu množestvo naroda, tak što On vošel v lodku i sidel na more, a vesʹ narod byl na zemle, u morja.
      Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered round him was so large that He got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge.
  2. (colloquial) to learn, to study
    Perfective: вы́учить (výučitʹ)
  3. (colloquial) to memorize by rote
    Perfective: вы́учить (výučitʹ)
    учи́ть рольučítʹ rolʹto memorize one's lines
  4. (colloquial, dated) to beat, to whip (of corporal punishment, often towards a child)
    учи́ть ремнёмučítʹ remnjómto belt

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учи́ть (učýtʹ)

  1. third-person singular present imperfective of учи́ти (učýty)