изощрить
/[ɪzɐɕːˈrʲitʲ]/
Russianverb
Definitions
- 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
- изощрённый
- изощре́ние
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 | - |
I
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you (sg)
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he/she/it
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we
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you (pl)
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they
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Other Forms
present active:-, -
past active:изощри́вший, изощри́в, изощри́вши
present passive:-
past passive:изощрённый
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