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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въльꙗти (vŭlĭjati). In the modern senses, a semantic loan from French influer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vlʲɪˈjætʲ]
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Verb

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влия́ть (vlijátʹimpf (perfective повлия́ть)

  1. (obsolete) to pour in
  2. to influence, to have an influence
  3. to affect, to govern
  4. to have effect, to have action

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • влиять in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru