поруби́ть

rare #27110

verbperfective

1.
to chop up, to cut up (into pieces), to mince
Я поруби́л капу́сту для сала́та.
I chopped up the cabbage for the salad.
Often of food or firewood; the prefix suggests doing it all or for a while.
2.
to chop down, to fell
Они́ поруби́ли все ста́рые я́блони в са́ду.
They chopped down all the old apple trees in the garden.
3.
to chop off, to hack off
Он поруби́л сучья с бревна́.
He chopped the branches off the log.
4.
(rare) to extract (coal), to hew, to win (a seam)mining
За сме́ну шахтёры поруби́ли мно́го у́гля.
The miners extracted a lot of coal during the shift.
Of coal or ore worked with a pick or cutter.

Examples

Мужчины порубили сухие ветки на костёр.
The men chopped the dry branches into firewood.
Он решил порубить старое дерево во дворе.
He decided to chop down the old tree in the yard.
Дрова нужно порубить перед зимой.
The firewood needs to be chopped before winter.

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	поруби́
вы	поруби́те

Active present	-
Active past	поруби́вший	having chopped, having hacked, having cut down
Passive present	-
Passive past	пору́бленный	chopped, hacked, cut down, felled
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	поруби́в порубивши	while doing (past)

руби́тьto chop; to fell; to cut off; to mine
verbimperfective
вруби́тьto switch on; to cut into
verbperfective
пору́бкаfelling; chopping up
noun
вы́рубитьto cut down; to cut out (an opening); to hew; to mine; to turn off
verbperfective
заруби́тьto hack to death; to notch; to get it into one's head; to undercut (a seam)
verbperfective

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