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поковыря́ть
verb, perfective
Very rarely used word (top 30,000)
to pick at, to poke at, to scratch at, to dabble in
Example:Я немного поковырял в старом механизме, но так и не понял, что с ним не так.
I poked around in the old mechanism a bit, but still couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | поковыря́ю |
| ты | - | поковыря́ешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | поковыря́ет |
| мы | - | поковыря́ем |
| вы | - | поковыря́ете |
| они́ | - | поковыря́ют |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | поковыря́й |
| вы | поковыря́йте |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | поковыря́л |
| feminine | поковыря́ла |
| neuter | поковыря́ло |
| plural | поковыря́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having poked, having picked, having tinkered, having fiddled | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | picked at, poked, scratched, dug into (slightly) | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | поковыря́в поковырявши | while doing (past) |
Contributions
Lisa edited verb basics 6 years ago.
