превзойти

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣвъзити (prěvŭziti), remodeled after native взойти́ (vzojtí). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) + взойти́ (vzojtí).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪvzɐjˈtʲi]
  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [prʲɪvzɐjˈtʲːi] (phonetic respelling: превзойдти́)

Verb

превзойти́ • (prevzojtí) pf (imperfective превосходи́ть)

  1. to excel, to surpass
    превзойти́ чи́сленностьюprevzojtí číslennostʹjuto outnumber
  2. to surpass, to exceed

Conjugation

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