сруба́ть

rare #30173

verbimperfective perfective is сруби́ть

1.
to fell, to cut down, to chop down
Ка́ждую о́сень они́ сруба́ют сухи́е дере́вья.
Every autumn they cut down the dead trees.
Imperfective; perfective срубить.
2.
to chop off, to cut off (with a blow)
Он ло́вко сруба́ет топоро́м лишние ве́тки.
He deftly chops off the extra branches with an axe.
Of a single stroke with an axe or sabre.
3.
(rare) to build (of logs), to put together (from beams)construction
Пло́тники сруба́ют ба́ню из брёвен.
The carpenters are building a bathhouse out of logs.
Of traditional log construction.

Examples

Рабочие начали срубать старые деревья в парке.
The workers began felling the old trees in the park.
Не сруба́йте те дере́вья.
Don't cut down those trees.
Де́рево, не дающее плодо́в, сруба́ют.
The tree that does not bear fruit is cut down.

Imperative
ты	сруба́й
вы	сруба́йте

Active present	срубающий	chopping down, felling, cutting down
Active past	сруба́вший	having cut down, that cut down, having felled, that felled
Passive present	срубаемый	being felled, being cut down
Passive past	сру́банный	chopped down, felled
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	срубав срубавши	while doing (past)