забы́ться
- 1.
to doze off, to drift off into sleep, to lose consciousness
Больной наконе́ц забы́лся тяжёлым сном.
The patient finally drifted off into a heavy sleep.
Often of falling asleep briefly or uneasily, e.g. from exhaustion or illness.
- 2.
to forget oneself, to lose one's self-control, to go too far
Он забы́лся и накрича́л на нача́льника.
He forgot himself and shouted at his boss.
Of saying or doing something one should not have.
- 3.
to become lost in thought, to drift off into a reverie, to forget everything around one
Она́ забы́лась, глядя в окно́.
She became lost in thought as she gazed out of the window.
- 4.
to be forgotten, to fall into oblivion, to fade from memory
Э́та исто́рия давно́ забы́лась.
That story was forgotten long ago.
Subject is a thing or event, not a person.
Examples
Взбудораживавший весь класс скандал быстро забылся.
The scandal that had stirred up the whole class was soon forgotten.
Скандал, обсасываемый журналистами месяцами, наконец забылся.
The scandal, which journalists had been rehashing for months, was finally forgotten.
Традиция, поддерживавшаяся много лет, постепенно забылась.
The tradition that had been maintained for many years gradually faded from memory.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | забу́дусь |
| ты | - | забу́дешься |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | забу́дется |
| мы | - | забу́демся |
| вы | - | забу́детесь |
| они́ | - | забу́дутся |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | забу́дься |
| вы | забу́дьтесь |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | забы́лся |
| feminine | забы́лась |
| neuter | забы́лось |
| plural | забы́лись |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | lost in thought, engrossed, absorbed | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | забы́вшись | while doing (past) |
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