посоветовать

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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ сове́товать (sovétovatʹ)

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Verb

посове́товать (posovétovatʹpf (imperfective сове́товать)

  1. to advise, to counsel
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XV, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      — Закро́й глаза́ платко́м, когда́ смея́ться захо́чется, — посове́товала сестра́ и опя́ть повела́ его́ за плечо́ в гости́ную.
      — Zakrój glazá platkóm, kogdá smejátʹsja zaxóčetsja, — posovétovala sestrá i opjátʹ povelá jevó za plečó v gostínuju.
      " Cover your face with your handkerchief when you want to laugh," his sister advised him, and led him by his shoulder into the drawing-room.

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