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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian кирова́ти (kirováti), керова́ти (kerováti), from Middle Polish kierować.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Verb
кірава́ць • (kiravácʹ) impf (perfective накірава́ць)
- (transitive) to steer (using devices, levers, etc., to regulate the progress, movement, work of someone, something)
- (transitive) to influence (the development of something, the course of some process)
- (transitive) to manage (to be at the head of something, to direct the activities of someone, something)
- (transitive) to guide (to direct someone's deeds, actions)
- (transitive, colloquial) to be in charge, head
- Synonym: кірава́цца (kiravácca)
- (transitive, grammar) to govern (to require a definite indirect case after itself)
Conjugation
Conjugation of кірава́ць (class 2a, imperfective, transitive)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “кіраваць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
- ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “керовати”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 76
Further reading
- “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