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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic владѣти (vladěti), from Proto-Slavic *volděti (to rule).

Compare the inherited doublet володе́ть (volodétʹ). Cognate with Bulgarian владе́я (vladéja, I control, possess), Latin valeō, valēre (I am worth, I am strong), English wield, German walten (to rule, prevail), Macedonian владее (vladee, to govern, be familiar with).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [vɫɐˈdʲetʲ]
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Verb edit

владе́ть (vladétʹimpf (perfective завладе́ть) (+ instrumental)

  1. to own, to possess, to be master of, to be in possession of
  2. to govern, to control
  3. to master, to manage, to wield
    свобо́дно владе́ть тру́дным языко́мsvobódno vladétʹ trúdnym jazykómto wield a difficult language easily

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Descendants edit

  • Kildin Sami: владье (vlad’je)

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “владеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “владеть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 156