-евать

Alternative forms

• -овать (-ovatʹ), -ова́ть (-ovátʹ) (after a non-palatal consonant)

Pronunciation

• (unstressed) IPA^(key): [ʲɪvətʲ]
• (stressed) IPA^(key): [ʲɪˈvatʲ]

Suffix

-евать or -ева́ть • (-evatʹ or -evátʹ)

1. Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives whose stem ends in a palatal consonant.

   го́ре (góre, “grief”) → горева́ть (gorevátʹ, “to grieve, to mourn”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʲɪˈvatʲ]

Suffix

-ева́ть • (-evátʹ)

1. Used to form imperfective verbs from prefixed class-4 perfective verbs based on a non-syllabic root; variant of -вать (-vatʹ).

   растли́ть pf (rastlítʹ, “to deflower, to rape, to seduce (a virgin); to morally decay”) → растлева́ть impf (rastlevátʹ)

   затми́ть pf (zatmítʹ, “to eclipse, to obscure”) → затмева́ть impf (zatmevátʹ)

   продли́ть pf (prodlítʹ, “to prolong”) → продлева́ть impf (prodlevátʹ)