решать

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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реши́ть (rešítʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rʲɪˈʂatʲ]
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Verb

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реша́ть (rešátʹimpf (perfective реши́ть)

  1. to solve, to settle
  2. to decide, to resolve, to make up one's mind, to determine
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter IV, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      В э́том весёлом семе́йстве уме́ли от са́мого серди́того настрое́ния переходи́ть к сме́ху и шу́ткам, и весёлое сло́во зачасту́ю реша́ло де́ло.
      V étom vesjólom seméjstve uméli ot sámovo serdítovo nastrojénija perexodítʹ k sméxu i šútkam, i vesjóloje slóvo začastúju rešálo délo.
      The members of this family were so constituted that they could easily pass from a state of the most intense anger into a state of merriment, and it was the cheerful word that usually decided a matter.

Conjugation

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