благоволить

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благоволити (blagovoliti). By surface analysis, бла́го (blágo) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ во́ля (vólja) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɫəɡəvɐˈlʲitʲ]

Verb

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благоволи́ть (blagovolítʹimpf (perfective соблаговоли́ть)

  1. (literary) to favour/favor [with dative ‘someone’]
    цари́ца ему́ благоволи́тcaríca jemú blagovolítthe tsaress favours/favors him
  2. (dated or ironic) to do someone a [[favour]/favor by agreeing [with infinitive ‘to do something’]
    благоволи́те отве́титьblagovolíte otvétitʹdo me a favour/favor (and) answer
    Perfective: соблаговоли́ть (soblagovolítʹ)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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