склоня́ть
- 1.
to bend, to tilt, to bow (one's head), to lower
Он молча склоня́л го́лову над кни́гой.
He silently bent his head over the book.
what? (accusative)
- 2.
to persuade, to win over, to talk into, to incite
Он до́лго склоня́л меня́ к перее́зду.
He spent a long time trying to persuade me to move.
whom? to what? - склонять кого-л. к чему-л.
- 3.
to declinegrammar
На уро́ке мы у́чимся склоня́ть существительные.
In class we are learning to decline nouns.
of nouns, adjectives, etc. - through the six Russian cases
- 4.
(rare) to bandy about (someone's name), to keep dragging through the mud
Его и́мя це́лый ме́сяц склоня́ли в газе́тах.
His name was bandied about in the papers for a whole month.
whom? - usually in the passive or with «имя»; colloquial
Usage info
склонить на свою сторону
Examples
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | склоня́ю | бу́ду склоня́ть |
| ты | склоня́ешь | бу́дешь склоня́ть |
| он/она́/оно́ | склоня́ет | бу́дет склоня́ть |
| мы | склоня́ем | бу́дем склоня́ть |
| вы | склоня́ете | бу́дете склоня́ть |
| они́ | склоня́ют | бу́дут склоня́ть |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | склоня́й |
| вы | склоня́йте |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | склоня́л |
| feminine | склоня́ла |
| neuter | склоня́ло |
| plural | склоня́ли |
Participles
| Active present | bending, inclining | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | bending, inclining, bowing | |
| Passive present | declinable | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | склоня́я | while doing (present) |
| Gerund past | склоняв склонявши | while doing (past) |
Word familyсклонPRO
- склонslope
- склони́тьto bend; to persuade; to decline
- скло́нныйinclined; prone (to)
- склоне́ниеdeclension (of words)
- склони́тьсяto bend over; to become inclined (towards); to yield
Prefix groupPRO
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| склоня́ть | - | to bend; to persuade; to decline; to bandy about (someone's name) |
| склоня́ться | - | to incline to; to bend over; to be declined; to bow down before |
| просклоня́ть | про- | to decline; to drag someone's name around |
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