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ImperfectiveTop 500davit

давить

press, lie heavy, crush

Other meaningspress, squeeze

Single aspect

No aspect partner: this verb is used in only one aspect.

Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
No partner

Present tense#

Conjugation
  • яIдавлю
  • тыyou (sg)давишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itдавит
  • мыweдавим
  • выyou (pl)давите
  • ониtheyдавят

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIбуду давить
  • тыyou (sg)будешь давить
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itбудет давить
  • мыweбудем давить
  • выyou (pl)будете давить
  • ониtheyбудут давить

Imperfective verbs form the future with the auxiliary бы́ть plus the infinitive.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheдавил
  • онаsheдавила
  • оноitдавило
  • ониtheyдавили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

дави

to a group / formal

давите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active presentдавящий, давящий
  • Active pastдавивший
  • Passive presentдавимый
  • Passive pastдавленный
  • Adverbial (present)давя
  • Adverbial (past)давив, давивши

Examples#

  • Не дави на кнопку так сильно.

    Don't press the button so hard.

  • Машина давит виноград для вина.

    The machine crushes grapes for wine.

About this verb#

  • Class 4c with shifting c-stress and в → вл mutation in the я-form: давлю (end-stressed) → давишь, давит, давят (stem-stressed). Imperfectivum tantum in the basic meaning. Government: + Acc (crush something), на + Acc ('press ON').

With prefixes#

Prefixes
  • вдавитьpfpress
  • выдавитьpfsqueeze out, force, break, emboss, stamp
  • додавитьpffinish off, crush completely; press into final shape
  • задавитьpfto crush to death; car to run over, knock down by car; to oppress, exhaust
  • надавитьpfpress, press down on
  • недодавитьpfnot press enough, fail to apply enough pressure
  • отдавитьpfcrush
  • передавитьpfcrush (many/all); kill by crushing/biting (many/all); press hard; tie off (an artery)
  • подавитьpfpress, trample, squeeze
  • поддавитьpfpress lightly; press harder, increase pressure; apply slight pressure from below
  • придавитьpfpress, press down, weigh down
  • продавитьpfpush through, press through, force in
  • раздавитьpfcrush, squash, overwhelm
  • сдавитьpfsqueeze
  • удавитьpfstrangle

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