-жигать

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Russian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Combining form

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-жига́ть (-žigátʹimpf (perfective -же́чь)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of жечь (žečʹ, to burn).
    подже́чь pf (podžéčʹ)поджига́ть impf (podžigátʹ)
    вы́жечь pf (výžečʹ)выжига́ть impf (vyžigátʹ)
    заже́чься pf (zažéčʹsja)зажига́ться impf (zažigátʹsja)

Conjugation

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See also

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