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забы́ться

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verbreflexiveperfective imperfective is забыва́ться
  • 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

Conjugation

PresentFuture
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

забы́вшийся

lost in thought, engrossed, absorbed

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

забы́вшись

while doing (past)

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • RandysPudge edited translation 2 years ago.