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изощрить

/[ɪzɐɕːˈrʲitʲ]/
Russianverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to cultivate, to refine, to make perfect
    • изощри́ть ум (па́мять)

      izoščrítʹ um (pámjatʹ)to sharpen/cultivate the mind (memory)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
Related words (2)
  • поощря́ть
  • поощри́ть

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic изощрити (izoštriti, “to sharpen”).

Forms

  • изощри́тьcanonical • perfective
  • izoščrítʹromanization
  • изощря́тьimperfective
  • изощри́тьinfinitive • perfective
  • -active • participle • present
  • изощри́вшийactive • participle • past
  • -participle • passive • present
  • изощрённыйparticiple • passive • past
  • -adverbial • participle • present
  • изощри́вadverbial • participle • past
  • изощри́вшиadverbial • participle • past
  • -first-person • present • singular
  • изощрю́first-person • future • singular
  • -present • second-person • singular
  • изощри́шьfuture • second-person • singular
  • -present • singular • third-person
  • изощри́тfuture • singular • third-person
  • -first-person • plural • present
  • изощри́мfirst-person • future • plural
  • -plural • present • second-person
  • изощри́теfuture • plural • second-person
  • -plural • present • third-person
  • изощря́тfuture • plural • third-person
  • изощри́imperative • second-person • singular
  • изощри́теimperative • plural • second-person
  • изощри́лmasculine • past • singular
  • изощри́лиmasculine • past • plural
  • изощри́лаfeminine • past • singular
  • изощри́лиfeminine • past • plural
  • изощри́лоneuter • past • singular
  • изощри́лиneuter • past • plural

Conjugation

Infinitive:изощри́ть
I
-
you (sg)
-
he/she/it
-
we
-
you (pl)
-
they
-

Other Forms

present active:-, -
past active:изощри́вший, изощри́в, изощри́вши
present passive:-
past passive:изощрённый

Full conjugation of изощрить

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