обладать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обладати (obladati), from Proto-Slavic *obvoldati, imperfective of *obolsti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

облада́ть (obladátʹimpf

  1. to possess, to have, to own
    Synonym: владе́ть impf (vladétʹ)
    облада́ть хоро́шим здоро́вьемobladátʹ xoróšim zdoróvʹjemto be in good health; to enjoy good health
    облада́ть вла́стьюobladátʹ vlástʹjuto wield power

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обладать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obvoldati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 83