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Perfectiveochistit

очистить

clean, cleanse

Other meaningsclear; peel (a fruit)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
очищатьclean, cleanse, clear
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
очищать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIочищу
  • тыyou (sg)очистишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itочистит
  • мыweочистим
  • выyou (pl)очистите
  • ониtheyочистят

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheочистил
  • онаsheочистила
  • оноitочистило
  • ониtheyочистили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

очисти

to a group / formal

очистите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastочистивший
  • Passive pastочищенный
  • Adverbial (past)очистив

Used with#

  • + acc (от + gen)

    + acc (от + gen)

Examples#

  • Очисти картошку и положи её в кастрюлю.

    Peel the potatoes and put them in the pot.

  • Полиция очистила площадь от демон­странтов.

    The police cleared the square of demonstrators.

About this verb#

  • Class 4a -ить with ст → щ mutation in 1sg (очищу); fixed stem stress on -чи-. The imperfective очищать keeps -щ- throughout. What is removed takes от + genitive (очистить от грязи 'clean off the dirt').

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