иметь

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьměti. Compare Belarusian мець (mjecʹ), Bulgarian имам (imam), Ukrainian ма́ти (máty), Polish mieć, Serbo-Croatian имати/imati, Old Church Slavonic имѣти (iměti).

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Verb

име́ть (imétʹimpf (verbal noun име́ние)

  1. to have, to possess
    Я хочу́ име́ть друзе́й.Ja xočú imétʹ druzéj.I want to have friends.
  2. (euphemistic, colloquial) to fuck

Usage notes

Иметь is rarely used in Russian with the sense of 'have', except with abstract concepts, most often in set expressions (име́ть в виду́ (imétʹ v vidú, to mean, to have in mind), име́ть права́ (imétʹ pravá, to have rights), etc.). The most common way to express possession is "у + possessor + есть + possession ". However, иметь (imetʹ) is commonly used when an infinitive is needed, as in the above example sentence.

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