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Perfectivezakipet

закипеть

start boiling

Other meanings(figurative) flare up, get going

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
кипетьboil, seethe
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
кипеть

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIзакиплю
  • тыyou (sg)закипишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itзакипит
  • мыweзакипим
  • выyou (pl)закипите
  • ониtheyзакипят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheзакипел
  • онаsheзакипела
  • оноitзакипело
  • ониtheyзакипели

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

закипи

to a group / formal

закипите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastзакипевший
  • Adverbial (past)закипев

Examples#

  • Вода в чайнике уже закипела.

    The water in the kettle has come to a boil.

  • У него закипела кровь от негодования.

    His blood began to boil with indignation.

About this verb#

  • Inchoative perfective with за- 'start to V', from кипеть. Class 5b -еть with п → пл mutation in 1sg (закиплю, though rarely used because most subjects are inanimate); end-stress 1sg → stem from 2sg. Productively used for both literal boiling and metaphors of agitation.

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