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Russian
Etymology
Likely a calque of French se rendre compte.
Pronunciation
Verb
отдава́ть себе́ отчёт • (otdavátʹ sebé otčót) impf (perfective отда́ть себе́ отчёт)
- (idiomatic) to realize, to be or become aware, to understand
- Synonym: осознава́ть (osoznavátʹ)
1858, Иван Сергеевич Тургенев (Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev), “Ася”, in Современник, volume LXVII, Saint Petersburg, section VII, page 56; translated as “Asya”, in Constance Garnett, transl., A Lear of the steppes, and other stories, London, 1898, section VII, page 260:Я не отдава́л себе́ отчёта в том, что во мне происходи́ло; одно́ чу́вство бы́ло мне я́сно: нежела́ние ви́деться с Га́гиными.- Ja ne otdavál sebé otčóta v tom, što vo mne proisxodílo; odnó čúvstvo býlo mne jásno: neželánije vídetʹsja s Gáginymi.
- I did not take stock of what was passing within me. One feeling was clear to me; a disinclination to see the Gagins.