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сжить

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verbperfective imperfective is сжива́тьcolloquial
  • 1.

    to hound to death, to be the death of, to drive to the grave

    Она́ хо́чет сжить меня́ со све́ту.

    She wants to be the death of me.

    Almost only in the set phrase сжить со свету (со света) кого-либо.

  • 2.

    to oust, to force out, to drive out

    Сосе́ди хоте́ли сжить его с кварти́ры.

    The neighbours wanted to force him out of the flat.

    With с + genitive: сжить с квартиры.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
сживу́
ты-
сживёшь
он/она́/оно́-
сживёт
мы-
сживём
вы-
сживёте
они́-
сживу́т
Imperative
ты
сживи́
вы
сживи́те
Past
masculine
сжи́л
feminine
сжила́
neuter
сжи́ло
plural
сжи́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

сжи́вший

having driven out, having forced to leave, having worn out (someone's life)

Passive present

-

Passive past

сжи́тый

compressed, squeezed, condensed

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

сжи́в

сживши

while doing (past)

Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
сжить-to hound to death; to oust
сжи́ться-to get used to living with
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