Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Polish kierować, from German kehren, From Middle High German kēren, from Old High German kēran or cherren.[1] With -ува́ти (-uváty) suffix.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kerʊˈʋate]
  • (file)

Verb edit

керува́ти (keruvátyimpf (intransitive, + instrumental, rarely transitive)

  1. to steer, to drive, to pilot
  2. to control
  3. to direct, to guide
  4. to administer, to be in charge (of), to command, to govern, to lead, to manage, to rule
  5. (music) to conduct (:choir, orchestra)
  6. (grammar) to govern (require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used)

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References edit

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “керувати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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