-мирать

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Etymology[edit]

From imperfective lengthening of the perfective Proto-Slavic stem *-mьr- (cf. first singular *mьrǫ of *merti) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о--а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

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Combining form[edit]

-мира́ть (-mirátʹimpf (perfective -мере́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of мере́ть (merétʹ, to die).
    помере́ть pf (pomerétʹ)помира́ть impf (pomirátʹ)
    умере́ть pf (umerétʹ)умира́ть impf (umirátʹ)
    вы́мереть pf (výmeretʹ)вымира́ть impf (vymirátʹ)

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