-мирать

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈratʲ]

Combining form

-мира́ть (-mirátʹ) impf (perfective -мере́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of мере́ть (merétʹ, to die).
    помере́ть pf (pomerétʹ)помира́ть impf (pomirátʹ)
    умере́ть pf (umerétʹ)умира́ть impf (umirátʹ)
    вы́мереть pf (výmeretʹ)вымира́ть impf (vymirátʹ)

Conjugation

See also

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