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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic воротити (vorotiti), from Proto-Slavic *vortiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wártīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wortéyeti, from the root *wert-. Doublet of -врати́ть (-vratítʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic вратити (vratiti) (cf. возврати́ть (vozvratítʹ), изврати́ть (izvratítʹ), отврати́ть (otvratítʹ), соврати́ть (sovratítʹ)).

Cognate to верте́ть (vertétʹ), враща́ть (vraščátʹ), воро́чать (voróčatʹ) / вороча́ть (voročátʹ).

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вороти́ть (vorotítʹimpf (perfective повороти́ть or свороти́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to bring back
  2. (colloquial) to turn away
  3. (colloquial) to rule, to control, to manage
  4. (colloquial, impersonal) to make sick

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вороти́ть (vorotítʹpf

  1. (colloquial) to bring back; to give back
    Synonyms: возврати́ть (vozvratítʹ), верну́ть (vernútʹ)

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Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “воротить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress