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дожи́ть

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verbperfective imperfective is дожива́ть
  • 1.

    to live until, to live to see, to live to (an age)

    Дед дожи́л до ста лет.

    Grandfather lived to a hundred.

    usually with до + genitive

  • 2.

    to live out (a period), to spend (the rest of a period)

    Он дожи́л неде́лю в санато́рии и верну́лся домой.

    He spent the remaining week at the sanatorium and went home.

    colloquial

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
доживу́
ты-
доживёшь
он/она́/оно́-
доживёт
мы-
доживём
вы-
доживёте
они́-
доживу́т
Imperative
ты
доживи́
вы
доживи́те
Past
masculine
дожи́л, до́жил
feminine
дожила́
neuter
дожи́ло, до́жило
plural
дожи́ли, до́жили

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

дожи́вший

who lived to see, who survived until, having survived

Passive present

-

Passive past

дожитый

lived through, lived to the end of, spent

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

дожи́в

доживши

while doing (past)

Word familyжитьPRO

  • житьto live
    verbimperfective
  • вы́житьto survive; to drive out
    verbperfective
  • дожи́тьto live until; to live out (a period)
    verbperfective
  • жи́тьсяto live (impersonally); to how is life
    verbimperfective
  • зажи́тьto heal; to begin to live
    verbperfective
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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • TonyUK edited translation 4 years ago.