внимать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вънимати (vŭnimati). By surface analysis, в- (v-) +‎ -нима́ть (-nimátʹ).

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Verb

внима́ть (vnimátʹimpf (perfective внять)

  1. (literary, poetic or stilted) to listen (to); to hear; to hark (to); to hearken; to heed, to pay heed
    внима́ть моли́твеvnimátʹ molítveto hear the/a prayer
    Почему́ ты не внима́ешь/вне́млешь мои́м сове́там?
    Počemú ty ne vnimáješʹ/vnémlešʹ moím sovétam?
    Why don't you pay heed to my advice?

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