искушать

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic искоушати (iskušati). By surface analysis, искуси́ть (iskusítʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪskʊˈʂatʲ]

Verb

искуша́ть • (iskušátʹimpf (perfective искуси́ть)

  1. (dated) to experience, to acquire knowledge of
  2. (literary) to test, to tempt
    искуша́ть судьбу́iskušátʹ sudʹbúto tempt fate
  3. (literary) to tempt, to entice, to seduce

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • искуша́ться impf (iskušátʹsja), искуси́ться pf (iskusítʹsja)