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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish pozwolić.
Pronunciation
Verb
позво́лить • (pozvólitʹ) pf (imperfective позволя́ть)
- to allow, to permit
- Synonym: разреши́ть pf (razrešítʹ)
- Позво́льте мне я́сно заяви́ть. ― Pozvólʹte mne jásno zajavítʹ. ― Let me be clear. (literally, “Let me state clearly.”)
1831, Александр Пушкин [Alexander Pushkin], Барышня-крестьянка; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Young Lady Peasant, New York: Vintage Books, 2016:— Позво́льте мне сего́дня пойти́ в го́сти, — сказа́ла одна́жды На́стя, одева́я ба́рышню.- — Pozvólʹte mne sevódnja pojtí v gósti, — skazála odnáždy Nástja, odevája báryšnju.
- “Allow me to go visiting today,” Nastya said one day as she was dressing the young lady.
- to afford (often as позволить себе)
- (imperative, as an introductory word) excuse (me), sorry, pardon (me) (used to express objection, disagreement or reminding of some fact)
- Позво́льте, а почему́ могло́ бы быть хорошо́? ― Pozvólʹte, a počemú mogló by bytʹ xorošó? ― Sorry, but why would this be good?
- Позво́льте, но ра́зве не э́тим и до́лжен занима́ться сове́т? ― Pozvólʹte, no rázve ne étim i dólžen zanimátʹsja sovét? ― Excuse me, but isn't that what the council should be doing?
Conjugation
Conjugation of позво́лить (class 4a perfective transitive)