Уменка
Perfectiveosvetit

осветить

illuminate, light up

Other meaningselucidate, cover (a topic)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
освещатьlight up, illuminate, illumine
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
освещать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIосвещу
  • тыyou (sg)осветишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itосветит
  • мыweосветим
  • выyou (pl)осветите
  • ониtheyосветят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheосветил
  • онаsheосветила
  • оноitосветило
  • ониtheyосветили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

освети

to a group / formal

осветите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastосветивший
  • Passive pastосвещённый
  • Adverbial (past)осветив

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Фары осветили тёмную дорогу.

    The headlights lit up the dark road.

  • В докладе он осветил все важные вопросы.

    In his talk he covered all the important questions.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of освещать. Class 4b with т → щ mutation in 1sg (освещу) and end-stress throughout the present-future. The participle освещённый with ё shows the consonant alternation against the т of the stem; figurative 'shed light on a topic' is as common as the literal sense.

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