отвечать

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъvěťati. By surface analysis, отве́тить (otvétitʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ).

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Verb

отвеча́ть (otvečátʹimpf (perfective отве́тить)

  1. to answer, to reply
  2. to be responsible for, to be accountable for, to be liable for
  3. to account for, to answer for
  4. to be held to account for, to be called to account for

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