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Russian

Etymology

о- (o-) +‎ долг (dolg) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐdɐɫˈʐɨtʲ]

Verb

одолжи́ть • (odolžítʹ) pf (imperfective ода́лживать)

1. to lend (to allow to be used temporarily)
2. (nonstandard) to borrow (to receive (something) temporarily)

Usage notes

• The difference between "to lend" and "to borrow" is determined by the context and the usage of prepositions and cases, e.g. "he lent me (some) money" is "он одолжи́л мне де́нег" ("мне" is a dative case) and "he has borrowed (some) money from me" is "он одолжи́л у меня́ де́нег" ("у" is used with the genitive case). Additionally, usage of this word to mean "to borrow" is considered nonstandard; the standard verb for "to borrow" is заня́ть.
• The object of lending/borrowing is normally in the accusative but can also be in the genitive case, especially in negative clauses.

Conjugation

Conjugation of одолжи́ть (class 4b perfective transitive)

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

perfective aspect
infinitive	одолжи́ть odolžítʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	одолжи́вший odolžívšij
passive	—	одолжённый odolžónnyj
adverbial	—	одолжи́в odolžív, одолжи́вши odolžívši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	одолжу́ odolžú
2nd singular (ты)	—	одолжи́шь odolžíšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	одолжи́т odolžít
1st plural (мы)	—	одолжи́м odolžím
2nd plural (вы)	—	одолжи́те odolžíte
3rd plural (они́)	—	одолжа́т odolžát
imperative	singular	plural
	одолжи́ odolží	одолжи́те odolžíte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	одолжи́л odolžíl	одолжи́ли odolžíli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	одолжи́ла odolžíla
neuter (оно́)	одолжи́ло odolžílo

Related terms

• одолже́ние (odolžénije, “favour”)