сподобить
Russian
Etymology
с- (s-) + подо́бие (podóbije) + -ить (-itʹ)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [spɐˈdobʲɪtʲ]
Verb
сподо́бить • (spodóbitʹ) pf (imperfective сподобля́ть)
- (dated) to vouchsafe, to grant or bestow [with accusative ‘grace, mercy, an honor, etc.’ or infinitive ‘the honor of doing something’] (of God)
- (colloquial, ironic, usually impersonal) to be managed [with accusative ‘by someone’ and infinitive ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated by English manage with the accusative object as the subject)
Conjugation
Conjugation of сподо́бить (class 4a perfective transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | сподо́бить spodóbitʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | сподо́бивший spodóbivšij |
| passive | — | сподо́бленный spodóblennyj |
| adverbial | — | сподо́бив spodóbiv, сподо́бивши spodóbivši |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular (я) | — | сподо́блю spodóblju |
| 2nd singular (ты) | — | сподо́бишь spodóbišʹ |
| 3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | — | сподо́бит spodóbit |
| 1st plural (мы) | — | сподо́бим spodóbim |
| 2nd plural (вы) | — | сподо́бите spodóbite |
| 3rd plural (они́) | — | сподо́бят spodóbjat |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| 2nd (ты/вы) | сподо́бь spodóbʹ |
сподо́бьте spodóbʹte |
| past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
| masculine (я/ты/он) | сподо́бил spodóbil |
сподо́били spodóbili |
| feminine (я/ты/она́) | сподо́била spodóbila | |
| neuter (оно́) | сподо́било spodóbilo | |
Derived terms
- сподобля́ться impf (spodobljátʹsja), сподо́биться pf (spodóbitʹsja)