отказать

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Russian

Etymology

от- (ot-) +‎ каза́ть (kazátʹ). A false friend with Belarusian адказа́ць (adkazácʹ, “to answer, to respond, to reply”).

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Verb

отказа́ть • (otkazátʹ) pf (imperfective отка́зывать)

  1. to deny, to refuse, to decline
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 6:26:
      Царь опечалился, но ради клятвы и возлежавших с ним не захотел отказать ей.
      Carʹ opečalilsja, no radi kljatvy i vozležavšix s nim ne zaxotel otkazatʹ jej.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to break, to fail, to stop working

Conjugation

Conjugation of отказа́ть (class 6c perfective transitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
perfective aspect
infinitive отказа́ть
otkazátʹ
participles present tense past tense
active — отказа́вший
otkazávšij
passive — отка́занный
otkázannyj
adverbial — отказа́в
otkazáv,
отказа́вши
otkazávši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) — откажу́
otkažú
2nd singular (ты) — отка́жешь
otkážešʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) — отка́жет
otkážet
1st plural (мы) — отка́жем
otkážem
2nd plural (вы) — отка́жете
otkážete
3rd plural (они́) — отка́жут
otkážut
imperative singular plural
откажи́
otkaží		 откажи́те
otkažíte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) отказа́л
otkazál		 отказа́ли
otkazáli
feminine (я/ты/она́) отказа́ла
otkazála
neuter (оно́) отказа́ло
otkazálo
Pre-reform conjugation of отказа́ть (class 6c perfective transitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
perfective aspect
infinitive отказа́ть
otkazátʹ
participles present tense past tense
active — отказа́вшій
otkazávšij
passive — отка́занный
otkázannyj
adverbial — отказа́въ
otkazáv,
отказа́вши
otkazávši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) — откажу́
otkažú
2nd singular (ты) — отка́жешь
otkážešʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) — отка́жетъ
otkážet
1st plural (мы) — отка́жемъ
otkážem
2nd plural (вы) — отка́жете
otkážete
3rd plural (они́) — отка́жутъ
otkážut
imperative singular plural
откажи́
otkaží		 откажи́те
otkažíte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) отказа́лъ
otkazál		 отказа́ли
otkazáli
feminine (я/ты/она́) отказа́ла
otkazála
neuter (оно́) отказа́ло
otkazálo
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