изменить

Russian

Etymology

из- (iz-) + Old East Slavic мѣнити (měniti), from Proto-Slavic *měniti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪzmʲɪˈnʲitʲ]
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  • (Southern Russia) IPA(key): [izmʲæˈnʲitʲ], [izmʲaˈnʲitʲ] (phonetic respelling: измянить)
  • (Belarus) IPA(key): [jizmʲiˈnʲit͡sʲ] (phonetic respelling: йизмениць)
  • (Ukraine) IPA(key): [izmʲiˈnʲitʲ]

Verb

измени́ть • (izmenítʹpf (imperfective изменя́ть)

  1. to change, to alter, to modify, to edit
    • 1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Отец, Санкт-Петербург: Петербургская газета; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Father, 1920:
      Когда́ немно́го погодя́ принесли́ пи́во, стари́к при ви́де буты́лок оживи́лся и ре́зко измени́л свой тон.
      Kogdá nemnógo pogodjá prineslí pívo, starík pri víde butýlok oživílsja i rézko izmeníl svoj ton.
      When a little later the beer was brought in, the old man seemed to revive at the sight of the bottles and abruptly changed his tone.
  2. to vary
  3. to betray, to become unfaithful, to cheat on [with dative]
  4. to break, to violate (an oath, promise)
  5. to fail (memory)
  6. to desert

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