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Russian
Etymology
пред- (pred-, “pre-”) + сиде́ть (sidétʹ, “to sit”) + -тель (-telʹ, “er”)
Pronunciation
Noun
председа́тель • (predsedátelʹ) m anim (genitive председа́теля, nominative plural председа́тели, genitive plural председа́телей, feminine председа́тельница, relational adjective председа́тельский)
- chairman, president
1975, Владимир Войнович , “Часть первая. 1”, in Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина, Париж: YMCA-Press; English translation from Richard Lourie, transl., The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977:Председа́тель тяжело́ пережива́л созда́вшееся положе́ние, не понима́я, что не он оди́н винова́т в э́том.- Predsedátelʹ tjaželó pereživál sozdávšejesja položénije, ne ponimája, što ne on odín vinovát v étom.
- It was a trying experience for the chairman since he did not understand that the fault was not his alone.
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