Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьgrati. Cognate to Serbo-Croatian ȉgrati and Czech hrát.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɪˈɡratʲ]
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Verb edit

игра́ть (igrátʹimpf (perfective сыгра́ть or поигра́ть)

  1. to play [+ в (accusative) = a game or sport] [+ на (prepositional) = (on) a musical instrument or something physical]
    игра́ть в билья́рдigrátʹ v bilʹjárdto play pool
    игра́ть в футбо́лigrátʹ v futbólto play football
    игра́ть в Те́трисigrátʹ v Tétristo play Tetris
    игра́ть в хокке́йigrátʹ v xokkéjto play hockey
    игра́ть на билья́рдеigrátʹ na bilʹjárdeto play on a pool table
    игра́ть на гита́реigrátʹ na gitáreto play the guitar
    игра́ть на пиани́ноigrátʹ na pianínoto play the piano
    • 1833, Alexander Pushkin, chapter 4, in Евгений Онегин [Evgeny Onegin]‎[1]:
      Он на билья́рде в два ша́ра игра́ет с са́мого утра́.
      On na bilʹjárde v dva šára igrájet s sámovo utrá.
      He played two balls on the table from the very morning.
  2. to act, to perform
    игра́ть со́лоigrátʹ sóloto solo
  3. to gamble
  4. (of wine) to sparkle

Usage notes edit

Derived verbs formed from prefixes ending with a consonant use the root form -ыгра́ть (-ygrátʹ) so that the prefix consonant remains non-palatal. (Compare the hard sign that appears between consonant-ending prefixes and roots beginning with /j/.)

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