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покрыть
покрыть
Russian
Verb
покры́ть • (pokrýtʹ) pf (imperfective крыть or покрыва́ть)
- to cover, roof (a house) ; to thatch, to tile
- покры́ть ши́фером ― pokrýtʹ šíferom ― to slate
- to coat (with paint)
- to cover, to trump (in card games)
- ему́ не́чем крыть
- jemú néčem krytʹ
- he hasn't a leg to stand on, there's nothing he can say to that (original meaning: he has no (good) card to cover (colloquial)
- ему́ не́чем крыть
- (colloquial) to scold, to rail (at), to swear (at)
Conjugation
Conjugation of покры́ть (class 12a perfective transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | покры́ть pokrýtʹ |
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| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | покры́вший pokrývšij |
| passive | — | покры́тый pokrýtyj |
| adverbial | — | покры́в pokrýv, покры́вши pokrývši |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular (я) | — | покро́ю pokróju |
| 2nd singular (ты) | — | покро́ешь pokróješʹ |
| 3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | — | покро́ет pokrójet |
| 1st plural (мы) | — | покро́ем pokrójem |
| 2nd plural (вы) | — | покро́ете pokrójete |
| 3rd plural (они́) | — | покро́ют pokrójut |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| покро́й pokrój |
покро́йте pokrójte |
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| past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
| masculine (я/ты/он) | покры́л pokrýl |
покры́ли pokrýli |
| feminine (я/ты/она́) | покры́ла pokrýla |
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| neuter (оно́) | покры́ло pokrýlo |
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