-жимать

Russian

Etymology

From imperfective lengthening of the perfective Proto-Slavic stem *-žьm- (cf. first singular *žьmǫ of *žęti (to squeeze)) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о--а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨˈmatʲ]

Combining form

-жима́ть • (-žimátʹ) impf (perfective -жа́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of жать (žatʹ, to squeeze, to press).
    зажа́ть pf (zažátʹ)зажима́ть impf (zažimátʹ)
    вы́жать pf (výžatʹ)выжима́ть impf (vyžimátʹ)
    сжа́ться pf (sžátʹsja)сжима́ться impf (sžimátʹsja)

Conjugation

See also

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