Лікар оглянув хребет.

the doctor

Breakdown of Лікар оглянув хребет.

• оглянути: to examine; inspect
• хребет: the spine

Questions & Answers about Лікар оглянув хребет.

Why is лікар in this form?

Because лікар is the subject of the sentence, it is in the nominative singular — the basic dictionary form.

A few useful points:

• лікар is a grammatically masculine noun
• in this sentence, the verb оглянув is also masculine, so the doctor is understood as male
• if the doctor were female, you could see:
  • Лікарка оглянула хребет.
  • Лікар оглянула хребет.
    This is also possible in real Ukrainian, because лікар can refer to a woman too, depending on style and context.

Why does оглянув end in -в?

Оглянув is a past tense masculine singular form.

In Ukrainian, past tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:

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

So лікар оглянув tells you the subject is singular and masculine.

What is the infinitive of оглянув, and what aspect is it?