Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic ручити (ručiti, to entrust, to instruct), from рука (ruka) + -ити (-iti) (equivalent to Russian рука́ (ruká) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ), based on the expression дати на руку (dati na ruku, to give back, to instruct).

Pronunciation edit

Combining form edit

-ручи́ть (-ručítʹpf (imperfective -руча́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form prefixed perfective verbs with various transitive meanings, e.g. "instruct, give".

Conjugation edit

some verbs:

other verbs:

Derived terms edit

verbs