изобретать

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic изобрѣтати (izobrětati), which is probably a calque of Ancient Greek εξευρίσκω (exeurískō, to invent). By surface analysis, изобрет- (izobret-) + -а́ть (-átʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪzəbrʲɪˈtatʲ]

Verb

изобрета́ть • (izobretátʹ) impf (perfective изобрести́)

  1. to invent (design a new process or mechanism)
  2. to devise, to contrive

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