Лікар оглянув лікоть.

the doctor

Breakdown of Лікар оглянув лікоть.

• оглянути: to examine; inspect
• лікоть: the elbow

Questions & Answers about Лікар оглянув лікоть.

What does each word in Лікар оглянув лікоть mean?

• лікар = doctor
• оглянув = examined / inspected
• лікоть = elbow

So the sentence means The doctor examined the elbow.

Why is оглянув written with -ув at the end?

Because this is the past tense masculine singular form of the verb.

The infinitive is оглянути = to examine / to inspect.
In the past tense, Ukrainian verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:

• оглянув = he examined
• оглянула = she examined
• оглянуло = it examined
• оглянули = they examined

Since лікар is grammatically masculine singular, the verb is оглянув.

Is оглянув perfective or imperfective, and why does that matter?