дёрнуть

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьrnǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲɵrnʊtʲ]

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Verb

дёрнуть • (djórnutʹ) pf (imperfective дёргать)

1. to pull, to tug

   дёрнуть кого́-либо за рука́в ― djórnutʹ kovó-libo za rukáv ― to pull smb's sleeve; tug at smb's sleeve

   и дёрнуло меня́! ― i djórnulo menjá! ― what (on earth) possessed me! (literally, “and it pulled me!”)

   чёрт меня́ дёрнул! ― čort menjá djórnul! ― what (on earth) possessed me! (literally, “the devil pulled me!”)

2. to pull out

   дёрнуть зуб ― djórnutʹ zub ― to pull out a tooth

3. (impersonal, colloquial) to twitch, to throb, to twinge
4. to move sharply, to jerk

   ло́шади дёрнули ― lóšadi djórnuli ― the horses gave a jerk

5. (colloquial) to disturb
6. (low colloquial) to drink, to knock back

   дёрнем ещё по рю́мочке ― djórnem ješčó po rjúmočke ― let's knock back another one

Conjugation

Conjugation of дёрнуть (class 3a perfective transitive)

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

perfective aspect
infinitive	дёрнуть djórnutʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	дёрнувший djórnuvšij
passive	—	дёрнутый djórnutyj
adverbial	—	дёрнув djórnuv, дёрнувши djórnuvši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	дёрну djórnu
2nd singular (ты)	—	дёрнешь djórnešʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	дёрнет djórnet
1st plural (мы)	—	дёрнем djórnem
2nd plural (вы)	—	дёрнете djórnete
3rd plural (они́)	—	дёрнут djórnut
imperative	singular	plural
	дёрни djórni	дёрните djórnite
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	дёрнул djórnul	дёрнули djórnuli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	дёрнула djórnula
neuter (оно́)	дёрнуло djórnulo

Derived terms

• See дёргать (djórgatʹ) for derived verbs.