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сжечь

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verbperfective imperfective is жечь
  • 1.

    to burn, to burn up, to incinerate

    Я сжёг ста́рые письма́.

    I burned the old letters.

    Perfective; imperfective сжигать.

  • 2.

    to burn down, to destroy by fire

    Солда́ты сожгли́ дере́вню.

    The soldiers burned the village down.

    Of buildings, villages, forests.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
сожгу́
ты-
сожжёшь
он/она́/оно́-
сожжёт
мы-
сожжём
вы-
сожжёте
они́-
сожгу́т
Imperative
ты
сожги́
вы
сожги́те
Past
masculine
сжёг
feminine
сожгла́
neuter
сожгло́
plural
сожгли́

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

сжёгший

burned, having burned, burnt (down)

Passive present

-

Passive past

сожжённый

burnt, burned, charred, incinerated

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

сжёгши

while doing (past)

Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
сжечь-to burn; to burn down
сже́чься-to burn oneself; to burn down; to burn out
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