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Russian
Etymology
по- (po-) + жа́ловать (žálovatʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
пожа́ловать • (požálovatʹ) pf (imperfective жа́ловать)
- to grant (to); to bestow, to confer (on); to reward, to award (stilted style)
- (dated) to visit, to come to see (stilted style or jocular)
- добро́ пожа́ловать! (set expression) ― dobró požálovatʹ! ― Welcome!
1835, Иван Лажечников , “Часть вторая. Глава III. Лекарка”, in Ледяной дом; English translation from The House of Ice, (Please provide a date or year):— Хоть и не во́время пожа́ловали, до́брые лю́ди, — отвеча́ла стару́ха, — не на у́лице же в моро́з стоя́ть вам: войди́те с бо́гом.- — Xotʹ i ne vóvremja požálovali, dóbryje ljúdi, — otvečála starúxa, — ne na úlice že v moróz stojátʹ vam: vojdíte s bógom.
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- to favour/favor, to regard with favour/favor; to like (clarification of this definition is needed)
Conjugation
Conjugation of пожа́ловать (class 2a perfective intransitive)
- добро́ пожа́ловать (dobró požálovatʹ, “Welcome!”)
- пожа́ловаться (požálovatʹsja), жа́ловаться (žálovatʹsja, “complain, lament”)
- жа́лование (žálovanije, “salary”)
- обжа́ловать (obžálovatʹ, “make a complaint, appeal (against)”)
- пожа́луй (požáluj, “maybe, I suppose”)
- пожа́луйста (požálujsta, “please, not at all, here you are”)