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Мерцать [Mertsat'] (to shimmer) conjugation

Russian
imperfective
7 examples
This verb can also mean the following: flicker, glimmer, twinkle.
This verb's imperfective counterpart:

Conjugation of мерцать

Я
Ты
Он/она
Мы
Вы
Они
Present tense
мерцаю
mertsaju
I shimmer
мерцаешь
mertsaesh'
you shimmer
мерцает
mertsaet
he/she shimmers
мерцаем
mertsaem
we shimmer
мерцаете
mertsaete
you all shimmer
мерцают
mertsajut
they shimmer
Imperfective Imperative mood
-
мерцай
mertsaj
shimmer
-
-
мерцайте
mertsajte
shimmer
-
Он
Она
Оно
Они
Imperfective Past tense
мерцал
mertsal
he shimmered
мерцала
mertsala
she shimmered
мерцало
mertsalo
it shimmered
мерцали
mertsali
they shimmered
Conditional
мерцал бы
mercal by
He would shimmer
мерцала бы
mercala by
She would shimmer
мерцало бы
mercalo by
It would shimmer
мерцали бы
mercali by
They would shimmer
Pres. Act.
Past Act.
Pres. Pass.
Past Pass.
Present Adv.
Past Adv.
Participles
мерцающий
mercajuščij
one who shimmers
мерцавший
mercavšij
one who shimmered
мерцая
mercaja
shimmering
мерцав
mercav
while shimmering

Examples of мерцать

Example in RussianTranslation in English
В некоторых местах эта штука мерцаетThe thing shimmers in spots.
Земной шар мерцает, как сапфир в нашей Солнечной системе.Earth, shimmers like a sapphire jewel in our solar system.
Интенсивность цвета, таким образом, она мерцает.The intensity of the color, the way that it shimmers.
* Голубые мерцают огни *The blue lights shimmering above:
Скажи ей, ее глаза мерцают, как переливчатые лилии в озере во дворце небесных дев.Tell her, her eyes shimmer like opalescent lilies in the lake of the palace of the celestial maidens.
она как будто мерцала, знаете, как тепловая волна?It sort of shimmered, like a heat wave, you know?
Ее тело лежало там, черное и оцепеневшее, и три платья лежали у окна, мерцая в солнечных лучах поздней весны.Her body lay there, black and still, and the three dresses stood by the window shimmering in the sunrays of late spring.

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