почива́ть

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verbimperfective perfective is почи́ть

1.
to sleep, to rest, to repose, to slumber
Он почива́л до самого полу́дня.
He slept until midday.
Archaic and elevated; in modern Russian often ironic or humorous.
2.
to rest (on), to repose, to dwell
Он почива́ет на лаврах.
He is resting on his laurels.
Mostly in the set phrase почивать на лаврах 'rest on one's laurels'.
3.
(rare) to lie at rest, to rest (of the dead), to be laid to rest
Здесь почива́ют его пре́дки.
His ancestors lie at rest here.
Solemn euphemism, used of the dead.

Examples

Фома почива́ет в свои́х поко́ях.
Tom is asleep in his room.
Царь почивал в своих покоях до полудня.
The tsar slept in his chambers until noon.
Он любил почивать после обеда в тишине.
He liked to rest in silence after lunch.

Imperative
ты	почива́й
вы	почива́йте

Active present	почива́ющий	resting, reposing, (literary) sleeping
Active past	почива́вший	resting, reposing, sleeping
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	почива́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	почивав почивавши	while doing (past)