провадити

Inherited from Old Ruthenian провадити (provaditi), from Old East Slavic провадити (provaditi), probably from проводити (provoditi) with о → а under the influence of проважати (provažati), or possibly related to Proto-Slavic *vaditi.

• IPA^(key): [prɔˈʋadete]

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прова́дити • (provádyty) impf (transitive)

1. to see off, to see to (accompany someone to a point of departure)
2. to see to, to escort, to guide, to usher, to lead (to accompany to a specified place; accompany as a safeguard)

   Synonyms: вести́ (vestý), відво́дити (vidvódyty), відпрова́джувати (vidprovádžuvaty), наво́дити (navódyty), підво́дити (pidvódyty)

3. to lead (to conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit)

   Synonyms: вести́ (vestý), очо́лювати (očóljuvaty), керува́ти (keruváty), кома́ндувати (kománduvaty)

4. (literally and figuratively) to follow around, to stalk, to haunt

   Synonyms: ходи́ти (xodýty), переслі́дувати (pereslíduvaty)

5. (of paths, doors, etc.) to lead, to open into, to take (somebody somewhere), to go

   Synonym: вести́ (vestý)

6. to celebrate the end of (a holiday, event, etc.)

   Synonyms: святкува́ти (svjatkuváty), відзнача́ти (vidznačáty), справля́ти (spravljáty)

7. (rare) to glance at, to take a quick look at [with очи́ма (očýma) ‘one's eye(s)’]

   Synonyms: огляда́ти (ohljadáty), озира́ти (ozyráty), пробіга́ти (probiháty)

8. to conduct, to carry out, to perform, to organize, to hold (a research, investigation, meeting, conversation, etc.)

   Synonyms: зді́йснювати (zdíjsnjuvaty), верши́ти (veršýty), вико́нувати (vykónuvaty), спра́вджувати (správdžuvaty)

9. to realize, to put into practice, to implement (a project, vision, policy, ideology, etc.)

   Synonyms: вті́лювати (vtíljuvaty), реалізо́вувати (realizóvuvaty), реалізува́ти (realizuváty)

10. (colloquial) to formalize, to document, to register

    Synonym: оформля́ти (oformljáty)

11. to keep (a house), to manage (a household)

    Synonym: вести́ (vestý)

12. (rare) to spend, to pass (time: evenings, days, life, etc.)
13. (colloquial) to tell, to say, to talk, to speak, to chat

    Synonyms: говори́ти (hovorýty), каза́ти (kazáty), розповіда́ти (rozpovidáty), розмовля́ти (rozmovljáty), бесі́дувати (besíduvaty)

14. (dialectal) to deliver (to bring or transport something to its destination)

    Synonyms: доставля́ти (dostavljáty), поставля́ти (postavljáty), постача́ти (postačáty), достача́ти (dostačáty)

15. (dialectal, music) to accompany (to perform an accompanying part next to another instrument or musician)

    Synonyms: акомпанува́ти (akompanuváty), супрово́джувати (suprovódžuvaty), приграва́ти (pryhraváty)

• (most senses): прово́дити impf (provódyty), проводжа́ти impf (provodžáty), прово́джувати impf (provódžuvaty) (rare), прова́джувати impf (provádžuvaty) (rare)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “провадити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “провадити”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “провадити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “провадити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “провадити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]