прищеми́ть
- 1.
pinch, jam, catch (in a door)
Он прищеми́л па́лец две́рью.
He caught his finger in the door.
Typically of a finger caught in a door or other closing gap.
- 2.
curb, clip someone's wings, restrict (in rights)
Ему бы́стро прищеми́ли хвост.
They soon clipped his wings.
Colloquial, often in the idiom «прищемить хвост кому-л.».
Examples
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | прищемлю́ |
| ты | - | прищеми́шь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | прищеми́т |
| мы | - | прищеми́м |
| вы | - | прищеми́те |
| они́ | - | прищемя́т |
Note: Stress change.
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | прищеми́ |
| вы | прищеми́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | прищеми́л |
| feminine | прищеми́ла |
| neuter | прищеми́ло |
| plural | прищеми́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having pinched, having caught, having jammed, having nipped | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | pinched, trapped, caught | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | прищеми́в прищемивши прищемя́ | while doing (past) |
Word familyщеми́тьPRO
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Lisa edited verb basics 7 years ago.
