посвятить

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəsvʲɪˈtʲitʲ]

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Verb

посвяти́ть • (posvjatítʹ) pf (imperfective посвяща́ть)

1. to devote, to dedicate (various senses)

   Он посвяти́л э́ти стихи́ да́ме се́рдца.

   On posvjatíl éti stixí dáme sérdca.

   He has dedicated these poems to his ladylove.

   Статья́ посвящена́ вопро́су систе́много представле́ния слов в ру́сском языке́.

   Statʹjá posvjaščená voprósu sistémnovo predstavlénija slov v rússkom jazyké.

   The article is devoted to the issue of systematic presentation of words in the Russian language.

2. to initiate (into), to let (into)
3. to ordain (into), to consecrate (into)

Conjugation

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

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

perfective aspect
infinitive	посвяти́ть posvjatítʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	посвяти́вший posvjatívšij
passive	—	посвящённый posvjaščónnyj
adverbial	—	посвяти́в posvjatív, посвяти́вши posvjatívši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	посвящу́ posvjaščú
2nd singular (ты)	—	посвяти́шь posvjatíšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	посвяти́т posvjatít
1st plural (мы)	—	посвяти́м posvjatím
2nd plural (вы)	—	посвяти́те posvjatíte
3rd plural (они́)	—	посвятя́т posvjatját
imperative	singular	plural
	посвяти́ posvjatí	посвяти́те posvjatíte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	посвяти́л posvjatíl	посвяти́ли posvjatíli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	посвяти́ла posvjatíla
neuter (оно́)	посвяти́ло posvjatílo

Related terms

• посвяще́ние (posvjaščénije)