бедствовать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бѣдьствовати (bědĭstvovati). By surface analysis, бе́дствие (bédstvije) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ).

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Verb

бе́дствовать (bédstvovatʹimpf (perfective пробе́дствовать)

  1. to live in poverty, to be in misery

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