кіраваць

Inherited from Old Ruthenian кирова́ти (kirováti), керова́ти (kerováti), from Middle Polish kierować.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -at͡sʲ
• Hyphenation: кі‧ра‧ваць

кірава́ць • (kiravácʹ) impf (perfective накірава́ць)

1. (transitive) to steer (using devices, levers, etc., to regulate the progress, movement, work of someone, something)
2. (transitive) to influence (the development of something, the course of some process)
3. (transitive) to manage (to be at the head of something, to direct the activities of someone, something)
4. (transitive) to guide (to direct someone's deeds, actions)
5. (transitive, colloquial) to be in charge, head

   Synonym: кірава́цца (kiravácca)

6. (transitive, grammar) to govern (to require a definite indirect case after itself)

• “кіраваць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “кіраваць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org