сподоблять

сподо́бить (spodóbitʹ) +‎ -я́ть (-játʹ)

• IPA^(key): [spədɐˈblʲætʲ]

сподобля́ть • (spodobljátʹ) impf (perfective сподо́бить)

1. (dated) to vouchsafe, to grant or bestow [with accusative ‘grace, mercy, an honor, etc.’ or infinitive ‘the honor of doing something’] (of God)
2. (colloquial, ironic, usually impersonal) to be managed [with accusative ‘by someone’ and infinitive ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated by English manage with the accusative object as the subject)

   его́ сподобля́ет заболе́ть ― jevó spodobljájet zabolétʹ ― he "is managing" to get sick

• сподобля́ться impf (spodobljátʹsja), сподо́биться pf (spodóbitʹsja)

• подо́бие (podóbije)
• подо́бный (podóbnyj), подо́бно (podóbno), подо́бность (podóbnostʹ)