керувати

Inherited from Old Ruthenian керовати (kerovati), from Polish kierować, from German kehren, From Middle High German kēren, from Old High German kēran or cherren.^[1] With -ува́ти (-uváty) suffix. Cognate with Belarusian кірава́ць (kiravácʹ).

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керува́ти • (keruváty) impf (intransitive, + instrumental, rarely transitive)

1. to steer, to drive, to pilot
2. to control
3. to direct, to guide
4. to administer, to be in charge (of), to command, to govern, to lead, to manage, to rule
5. (music) to conduct (:choir, orchestra)
6. (grammar) to govern (require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used)

• (steer, drive, administer, be in charge, govern, manage, rule): пра́вити impf (právyty), управля́ти impf (upravljáty)
• (direct, guide): спрямо́вувати impf (sprjamóvuvaty), скеро́вувати impf (skeróvuvaty)
• (administer): адмініструва́ти impf (administruváty)
• (be in charge, command, lead): кома́ндувати impf (kománduvaty), очо́лювати impf (očóljuvaty)
• (conduct choir or orchestra): диригува́ти impf (dyryhuváty)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “керувати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “керувати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “керувати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “керувати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “керувати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)