одолеть
Russian
Etymology
Acc. to Vasmer, from Old Church Slavonic манити (maniti) and thus cognate to ма́ять (májatʹ, “to exhaust, to harass”), Sanskrit माया (māyā, “fraud, illusion”) and Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitation, mimicking”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐdɐˈlʲetʲ]
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Verb
одоле́ть • (odolétʹ) pf (imperfective одолева́ть)
- to overcome, overpower, conquer
- одолеть врага ― odoletʹ vraga ― to overpower the enemy
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- to seize, overcome
- его одолел сон ― jevo odolel son ― he was overcome by sleepiness
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- (colloquial) to cope, manage
- он никак не одолеет эту книгу ― on nikak ne odolejet etu knigu ― he cannot get through this book
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Conjugation
Conjugation of одоле́ть (class 1a perfective transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | одоле́ть odolétʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | одоле́вший odolévšij |
| passive | — | одолённый odoljónnyj |
| adverbial | — | одоле́в odolév, одоле́вши odolévši |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular (я) | — | одоле́ю odoléju |
| 2nd singular (ты) | — | одоле́ешь odoléješʹ |
| 3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | — | одоле́ет odoléjet |
| 1st plural (мы) | — | одоле́ем odoléjem |
| 2nd plural (вы) | — | одоле́ете odoléjete |
| 3rd plural (они́) | — | одоле́ют odoléjut |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| одоле́й odoléj | одоле́йте odoléjte | |
| past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
| masculine (я/ты/он) | одоле́л odolél | одоле́ли odoléli |
| feminine (я/ты/она́) | одоле́ла odoléla | |
| neuter (оно́) | одоле́ло odolélo | |
Synonyms
- победить (pobeditʹ), пересилить (peresilitʹ)
- осилить (osilitʹ)
Related terms
- преодолевать (preodolevatʹ), преодолеть (preodoletʹ)
- преодоление (preodolenije)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “одолеть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
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