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обяза́ть

verb, perfective

обя́зывать / обяза́ть

Very rarely used word (top 20,000)

Translation

to oblige

Examples

Я обяза́л его нести́ чемода́н.I forced him to carry the suitcase.

Conjugation

	Present	Future
я	-	обяжу́
ты	-	обя́жешь
он/она́/оно́	-	обя́жет
мы	-	обя́жем
вы	-	обя́жете
они́	-	обя́жут

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	обяжи́
вы	обяжи́те

Past
masculine	обяза́л
feminine	обяза́ла
neuter	обяза́ло
plural	обяза́ли

Participles

Active present
Active past	обяза́вший	someone who was doing
Passive present
Passive past	обя́занный	obliged, indebted
Gerund present
Gerund past	обяза́в обязавши	while doing (past)

Related words

обя́занность - duty
обяза́тельство - obligation or commitment (more like a promise); That which a person or other subject must necessarily do fulfill either by virtue of a promise made or by other circumstances
обя́занный - obliged

Contributions

RandysPudge edited translation 2 years ago.
Lisa edited verb basics 5 years ago.
anonymous edited translation 6 years ago.

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