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From Old East Slavic *повѣдѣти (*pověděti); reshaped based on ве́дать (védatʹ). By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ ве́дать (védatʹ).

Cognates include Polish powiedzieć, powiadać, Czech povědět, povídat, Slovak povedať, Serbo-Croatian povijedati, Ukrainian пові́дати (povídaty), Belarusian распавяда́ць (raspavjadácʹ), Slovene povedati, Bulgarian изповя́дам (izpovjádam).

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  • IPA(key): [pɐˈvʲedətʲ]
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Verb edit

пове́дать (povédatʹpf (imperfective пове́дывать)

  1. (dated or literary) to tell, to retell, to recount, to say
    Synonym: рассказа́ть (rasskazátʹ)

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