осветить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic освѣтити (osvětiti). By surface analysis, о- (o-) +‎ свет (svet) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐsvʲɪˈtʲitʲ]

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• Homophones: освяти́ть (osvjatítʹ)

Verb

освети́ть • (osvetítʹ) pf (imperfective освеща́ть)

1. to light, to light up, to illuminate
2. (figuratively) to elucidate, to illustrate, to throw light (upon), to shed light on

Conjugation

Conjugation of освети́ть (class 4b(-щ-) perfective transitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	освети́ть osvetítʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	освети́вший osvetívšij
passive	—	освещённый osveščónnyj
adverbial	—	освети́в osvetív, освети́вши osvetívši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	освещу́ osveščú
2nd singular (ты)	—	освети́шь osvetíšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	освети́т osvetít
1st plural (мы)	—	освети́м osvetím
2nd plural (вы)	—	освети́те osvetíte
3rd plural (они́)	—	осветя́т osvetját
imperative	singular	plural
	освети́ osvetí	освети́те osvetíte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	освети́л osvetíl	освети́ли osvetíli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	освети́ла osvetíla
neuter (оно́)	освети́ло osvetílo

Related terms

• свет (svet)
• освеще́ние (osveščénije)