ответить

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

отве́т (otvét) +‎ -ить (-itʹ)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɐtˈvʲetʲɪtʲ]
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Verb

отве́тить • (otvétitʹ) pf (imperfective отвеча́ть)

  1. to answer, to reply
    • 1886, Anton Chekhov, “The Chorus Girl”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name); republished in Русский язык, 2002:
      Ба́рыня не сра́зу отве́тила.
      Bárynja ne srázu otvétila.
      The lady did not answer right away.
  2. to be responsible for, to be accountable for, to be liable for
  3. to account for, to answer for
  4. to be held to account for, to be called to account for

Conjugation
Conjugation of отве́тить (class 4a perfective intransitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
perfective aspect
infinitive отве́тить
otvétitʹ
participles present tense past tense
active —отве́тивший
otvétivšij
passive ——
adverbial —отве́тив
otvétiv,
отве́тивши
otvétivši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) —отве́чу
otvéču
2nd singular (ты) —отве́тишь
otvétišʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) —отве́тит
otvétit
1st plural (мы) —отве́тим
otvétim
2nd plural (вы) —отве́тите
otvétite
3rd plural (они́) —отве́тят
otvétjat
imperative singular plural
отве́ть
otvétʹ		отве́тьте
otvétʹte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) отве́тил
otvétil		отве́тили
otvétili
feminine (я/ты/она́) отве́тила
otvétila
neuter (оно́) отве́тило
otvétilo
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