влиять

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въльꙗти (vŭlĭjati). In the modern senses, a semantic loan from French influer.

Compare typologically наве́ять (navéjatʹ), навева́ть (navevátʹ), ве́яние (véjanije) (< ве́ять (véjatʹ)), пове́трие (povétrije) < ве́тер (véter); вдохнови́ть (vdoxnovítʹ), вдохновля́ть (vdoxnovljátʹ), вдохнове́ние (vdoxnovénije) (akin to вдохну́ть (vdoxnútʹ), compare Latin īnspīrō, whence инспири́ровать (inspirírovatʹ)); наносно́е (nanosnóje) (< наноси́ть (nanosítʹ)); напускно́е (napusknóje) (< напуска́ть (napuskátʹ)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vlʲɪˈjætʲ]
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Verb

влия́ть • (vlijátʹimpf (perfective повлия́ть)

  1. (obsolete) to pour in
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to influence, to have an influence [with accusative or на (na, + accusative) ‘on sb/sth’]
  3. to affect, to govern
  4. to have effect, to have action

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