осветить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic освѣтити (osvětiti). By surface analysis, о- (o-) + свет (svet) + -и́ть (-ítʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐsvʲɪˈtʲitʲ]
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  • Homophones: освяти́ть (osvjatítʹ)

Verb

освети́ть • (osvetítʹ) pf (imperfective освеща́ть)

  1. to light, to light up, to illuminate
  2. (figuratively) to elucidate, to illustrate, to throw light (upon), to shed light on

Conjugation

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