ведать

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věděti, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“to know”), perfect of *weyd- (“to see, to know”). Cognates include Polish wiedzieć, German wissen, Luxembourgish wëssen and English wit.

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Verb

ве́дать • (védatʹ) impf

  1. (archaic or poetic) to know (be certain or sure about something or aware of a fact)
  2. (literary) to govern, to manage, to control
    Synonyms: заве́довать impf (zavédovatʹ), управля́ть impf (upravljátʹ)
    Кто у нас ве́дает пожа́рной безопа́сностью? (instrumental case)
    Kto u nas védajet požárnoj bezopásnostʹju?
    Who manages the fire safety among us?
    Голова́ ве́дает во́лость. (archaic transitive usage)
    Golová védajet vólostʹ.
    A leader governs a volost.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ве́дать (class 1a imperfective transitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive ве́дать
védatʹ
participles present tense past tense
active ве́дающий
védajuščij		 ве́давший
védavšij
passive ве́даемый
védajemyj		 ве́данный
védannyj
adverbial ве́дая
védaja		 ве́дав
védav,
ве́давши
védavši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) ве́даю
védaju		 бу́ду ве́дать
búdu védatʹ
2nd singular (ты) ве́даешь
védaješʹ		 бу́дешь ве́дать
búdešʹ védatʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) ве́дает
védajet		 бу́дет ве́дать
búdet védatʹ
1st plural (мы) ве́даем
védajem		 бу́дем ве́дать
búdem védatʹ
2nd plural (вы) ве́даете
védajete		 бу́дете ве́дать
búdete védatʹ
3rd plural (они́) ве́дают
védajut		 бу́дут ве́дать
búdut védatʹ
imperative singular plural
ве́дай
védaj		 ве́дайте
védajte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) ве́дал
védal		 ве́дали
védali
feminine (я/ты/она́) ве́дала
védala
neuter (оно́) ве́дало
védalo

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See also

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