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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic учити (učiti), from Proto-Slavic *učiti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʊˈt͡ɕitʲ]
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Verb

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учи́ть (učítʹimpf (perfective вы́учить or научи́ть or обучи́ть, verbal noun (nomen actionis) учёба or (nomen actionis, nomen resultatis, nomen obiecti) уче́ние or (nomen agentis) учи́тель or (nomen patientis) учени́к or (nomen loci) учи́лище or (nomen instrumenti) уче́бник)

  1. to teach, to instruct (often not in an academic setting) [with accusative ‘someone’, along with dative ‘a skill, principle, etc.’ or infinitive ‘to do something’; or intransitive (to be a teacher)]
    Perfectives: научи́ть (naučítʹ), обучи́ть (obučítʹ)
    Она́ у́чит меня́ англи́йскому языку́.Oná účit menjá anglíjskomu jazykú.She teaches me English.
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 4:1:
      И опять начал учить при море; и собралось к Нему множество народа, так что Он вошел в лодку и сидел на море, а весь народ был на земле, у моря.
      I opjatʹ načal učitʹ pri more; i sobralosʹ k Nemu množestvo naroda, tak što On vošel v lodku i sidel na more, a vesʹ narod byl na zemle, u morja.
      Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered round him was so large that He got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge.
  2. (colloquial) to learn, to study [with accusative ‘something’ and по (po, + dative) ‘using a book or method’]
    Perfective: вы́учить (výučitʹ)
  3. (colloquial) to memorize by rote
    Perfective: вы́учить (výučitʹ)
    учи́ть рольučítʹ rolʹto memorize one's lines
  4. (colloquial, dated) to beat, to whip (of corporal punishment, often towards a child) [with accusative ‘someone’ and instrumental ‘with or using something’]
    учи́ть ремнёмučítʹ remnjómto belt

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “учить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Verb

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учи́ть (učýtʹ)

  1. third-person singular present imperfective of учи́ти (učýty)