победить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic побѣдити (poběditi), from Proto-Slavic *poběditi, from *běditi. Related to the noun беда́ (bedá). Compare Serbo-Croatian побије́дити/pobijéditi, Bulgarian победя́ (pobedjá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəbʲɪˈdʲitʲ]
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Verb

победи́ть • (pobedítʹpf (imperfective побежда́ть)

  1. to win, to be victorious over, to conquer, to vanquish, to defeat
  2. to overcome
  3. to beat

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Conjugation