низойти

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic низъити (nizŷiti). By surface analysis, низо- (nizo-) +‎ -йти́ (-jtí).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲɪzɐjˈtʲi]
  • IPA(key): [nʲɪzɐjˈtʲːi] (phonetic respelling: низойдти́)

Verb

низойти́ • (nizojtípf (imperfective нисходи́ть)

  1. (dated or literary) to descend, to go down [with к (k, + dative) ‘to somewhere’]
  2. (poetic, figurative) to descend, to fall [with на (na, + accusative) ‘onto somewhere’] (of the night, an emotion, etc.)
    На зе́млю низошла́ ночь.
    Na zémlju nizošlá nočʹ.
    Night fell onto the ground.

Conjugation