давать

Russian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [dɐˈvatʲ]
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Verb

дава́ть • (davátʹimpf (perfective дать)

  1. to give
  2. to let, to allow
    • 2005, Сергей Кузнецов [Sergey Kuznetsov], chapter 11, in Шкурка бабочки, Москва: Эксмо; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Butterfly Skin, London: Titan Books, 2014:
      Е́сли бы Ксю́ша была́ мое́й до́черью, я бы не дава́ла ей чита́ть вся́кую ме́рзость, зато́ научи́ла бы люби́ть стихи́.
      Jésli by Ksjúša bylá mojéj dóčerʹju, ja by ne davála jej čitátʹ vsjákuju mérzostʹ, zató naučíla by ljubítʹ stixí.
      If Ksyusha were my daughter, I wouldn’t have let her read all sorts of filth, I would have taught her to love poetry instead.
  3. to hit, to strike, to clip
  4. (slang) to put out, to consent to sex

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Descendants

from даю́ (dajú):

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