владеть

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic владѣти (vladěti), from Proto-Slavic *volděti (“to rule”).

Compare the inherited doublet володе́ть (volodétʹ). Cognate with Bulgarian владе́я (vladéja, “I control, possess”), Latin valeō, valēre (“I am worth, I am strong”), English wield, German walten (“to rule, prevail”), Macedonian владее (vladee, “to govern, be familiar with”).

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Verb

владе́ть • (vladétʹ) impf (perfective завладе́ть) (+ instrumental)

  1. to own, to possess, to be master of, to be in possession of
  2. to govern, to control
  3. to master, to manage, to wield
    свобо́дно владе́ть тру́дным языко́м ― svobódno vladétʹ trúdnym jazykóm ― to wield a difficult language easily

Conjugation

Conjugation of владе́ть (class 1a imperfective intransitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive владе́ть
vladétʹ
participles present tense past tense
active владе́ющий
vladéjuščij		 владе́вший
vladévšij
passive — —
adverbial владе́я
vladéja		 владе́в
vladév,
владе́вши
vladévši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) владе́ю
vladéju		 бу́ду владе́ть
búdu vladétʹ
2nd singular (ты) владе́ешь
vladéješʹ		 бу́дешь владе́ть
búdešʹ vladétʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) владе́ет
vladéjet		 бу́дет владе́ть
búdet vladétʹ
1st plural (мы) владе́ем
vladéjem		 бу́дем владе́ть
búdem vladétʹ
2nd plural (вы) владе́ете
vladéjete		 бу́дете владе́ть
búdete vladétʹ
3rd plural (они́) владе́ют
vladéjut		 бу́дут владе́ть
búdut vladétʹ
imperative singular plural
владе́й
vladéj		 владе́йте
vladéjte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) владе́л
vladél		 владе́ли
vladéli
feminine (я/ты/она́) владе́ла
vladéla
neuter (оно́) владе́ло
vladélo

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Kildin Sami: владье (vlad’je)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “владеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “владеть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 156
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