витать

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vitati (to dwell; to welcome).

Pronunciation

Verb

вита́ть (vitátʹimpf

  1. to hover (to float in the air)
  2. to soar (to fly aloft with little effort; to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood)
    вита́ть в облака́хvitátʹ v oblakáxto be head in the clouds
  3. to dwell, to be present invisibly, to be in the air (of smell, of sensation, etc.)
  4. (obsolete) to dwell, to stay somewhere
  5. (obsolete) to greet

Conjugation

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