Уменка
Perfectiveotmenit

отменить

cancel, call off

Other meaningsabolish, repeal

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
отменятьabolish, abrogate, repeal
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
отменять

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIотменю
  • тыyou (sg)отменишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itотменит
  • мыweотменим
  • выyou (pl)отмените
  • ониtheyотменят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheотменил
  • онаsheотменила
  • оноitотменило
  • ониtheyотменили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

отмени

to a group / formal

отмените

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastотменивший
  • Passive pastотменённый
  • Adverbial (past)отменив

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Из-за дождя концерт отменили.

    Because of the rain, the concert was cancelled.

  • Правительство отменило устаревший закон.

    The government repealed the outdated law.

About this verb#

  • Class 4c -ить, no consonant mutation (н stays). c-stress: end-stress in 1sg (отменю), stem-stress from 2sg. Two registers: everyday (cancel a meeting, a flight, a concert) and institutional (repeal a law, abolish a custom).

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