мельчи́ть
- 1.
to crush, to grind, to break up into small pieces
Он мельчи́т ко́мья земли́ лопа́той.
He is breaking up the clods of earth with a spade.
Transitive; of soil, stone, food.
- 2.
to trivialize, to belittle, to reduce the significance of, to lower the dignity offigurative
Не надо мельчи́ть таку́ю ва́жную те́му.
There is no need to trivialize such an important topic.
Of a topic, an image, a person.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | мельчу́ | бу́ду мельчи́ть |
| ты | мельчи́шь | бу́дешь мельчи́ть |
| он/она́/оно́ | мельчи́т | бу́дет мельчи́ть |
| мы | мельчи́м | бу́дем мельчи́ть |
| вы | мельчи́те | бу́дете мельчи́ть |
| они́ | мельча́т | бу́дут мельчи́ть |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | мельчи́ |
| вы | мельчи́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | мельчи́л |
| feminine | мельчи́ла |
| neuter | мельчи́ло |
| plural | мельчи́ли |
Participles
| Active present | becoming smaller, shrinking, diminishing, becoming finer | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having crushed, having minced, having made small, having chopped finely | |
| Passive present | crushable, grindable, pulverizable | |
| Passive past | crushed, ground, milled, finely chopped | |
| Gerund present | мельча́ | while doing (present) |
| Gerund past | мельчив мельчивши | while doing (past) |
Word familyмельча́тьPRO
- мельча́тьto become smaller; to become shallower; to become petty
- измельча́тьto grind; to shred; to become smaller; to become shallow; to degenerate
- измельча́ниеlowering of moral standards
- измельче́ниеgrinding
- размельча́тьto make small
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Prefix groupPRO
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| мельчи́ть | - | to crush; to trivialize; to take small steps |
| измельчи́ть | из- | to grind; to chop up finely |
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Contributions
Iron edited translation 2 months ago.
Lucian edited verb basics 7 years ago.
