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Russian
Etymology
ви́деть (vídetʹ) + -ывать (-yvatʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
ви́дывать • (vídyvatʹ) impf
- (colloquial) to see (repeatedly or frequently); iterative of ви́деть (vídetʹ)
1835, Николай Гоголь, “Октября 3.”, in Записки сумасшедшего; English translation from Claud Field, transl., Memoirs of a Madman, 1916:Признаюсь, с недавнего времени я начинаю иногда слышать и видеть такие вещи, которых никто ещё не видывал и не слыхивал.- Priznajusʹ, s nedavnevo vremeni ja načinaju inogda slyšatʹ i videtʹ takije vešči, kotoryx nikto ješčó ne vidyval i ne slyxival.
- For some little time past I hear and see things which no other man has heard and seen.
Usage notes
- This is an iterative verb, and in standard language is conjugated only in the infinitive and the past tense.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ви́дывать (class 1a imperfective transitive iterative)