-гибать

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See also: сыпать

Russian

Etymology

From imperfective lengthening of the Proto-Slavic perfective infinitive stem *-gъb- (from the infinitive *gъbnǫti) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Expected *-гыба́ть (*-gybátʹ) becomes -гиба́ть (-gibátʹ) by regular sound change. Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о--а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation

Combining form

-гиба́ть (-gibátʹimpf (perfective -гну́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of гнуть (gnutʹ, to bend).
    нагну́ть pf (nagnútʹ)нагиба́ть impf (nagibátʹ)
    согну́ть pf (sognútʹ)сгиба́ть impf (sgibátʹ)
    обогну́ть pf (obognútʹ)огиба́ть impf (ogibátʹ)

Conjugation

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