гадать

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gadati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɐˈdatʲ]
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Verb

гада́ть • (gadátʹimpf (perfective погада́ть)

  1. to tell fortunes, to divine
  2. to conjecture, to guess, to surmise, to figure out
    вот теперь сиди и гадай
    vot teperʹ sidi i gadaj
    this question remains unresolved
    lit. "so let you now sit down and try to figure out"

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