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давать

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dāvàti. By surface analysis, дать (datʹ) +‎ -ва́ть (-vátʹ). Cognate with Ukrainian дава́ти (daváty, to give), Belarusian дава́ць (davácʹ, to give), Bulgarian давам (davam, I give) (imperfective), Serbo-Croatian да́вати, dávati, Polish dawać (to give).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dɐˈvatʲ]
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Verb

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дава́ть (davátʹimpf (perfective дать)

  1. to give
  2. to let, to allow
  3. to hit, to strike, to clip
  4. (slang) to put out, to consent to sex

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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from даю́ (dajú):

  • Finnish: daiju (face; head; moron; crazy; cool) (colloquial)