зажива́ть

rare #10966

verbimperfective perfective is зажи́ть

1.
to heal, to heal up, to close up (of a wound), to skin over
Ра́на зажива́ет о́чень бы́стро.
The wound is healing very quickly.
Imperfective; used of wounds, cuts and scars.
2.
(rare) to begin to live, to start living (a certain way)
Молоды́е потихо́ньку начина́ли зажива́ть свои́м до́мом.
The young couple were slowly beginning to live as a household of their own.
Rare in the imperfective; usually the perfective зажить is used.

Examples

Рана, загнаивавшаяся неделю, наконец начала заживать.
The wound, which had been festering for a week, finally began to heal.
Трофическая язва долго не заживала.
The trophic ulcer did not heal for a long time.
Кровоточивая ссадина на колене долго заживала
The bleeding scrape on her knee took a long time to heal.
После иссечения рана заживала медленно.
The wound healed slowly after the excision.
Струп на ране начал заживать.
The scab on the wound started to heal.
Саднившая рана на локте наконец начала заживать.
The stinging wound on his elbow finally began to heal.
Долго гноившийся палец наконец начал заживать.
The finger that had been festering for a long time finally began to heal.
Ра́ны зажива́ют, шра́мы остаю́тся.
Wounds heal, scars remain.

Imperative
ты	зажива́й
вы	зажива́йте

Active present	зажива́ющий	healing, recovering
Active past	зажива́вший	healing, recovering, that was healing, that was recovering
Passive present	заживаемый	healable, curable
Passive past	-
Gerund present	зажива́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	зажива́в заживавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
выжива́ть	вы-	to survive; to drive out
дожива́ть	до-	to live to (a certain age); to live out (the rest of)
зажива́ть	за-	to heal; to begin to live
изжива́ть	из-	to get rid