решить

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic рѣшити (rěšiti, to untie, absolve), from Proto-Slavic *rěšiti, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (to twist, bend). Cognates include Ukrainian ріши́ти (rišýty), Belarusian рашы́ць (rašýcʹ), Serbo-Croatian решити, Czech řešit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rʲɪˈʂɨtʲ]
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Verb

реши́ть • (rešítʹpf (imperfective реша́ть)

  1. to solve, to settle
  2. to decide, to resolve, to make up one's mind, to determine

Conjugation

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “решить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “решить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 115
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “решить”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010), “решить”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 279

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