баловать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic баловати (balovati, to flatter, to heal), from Proto-Slavic *badlovati. Per Vasmer, cognate to Slovene balováti and probably not to Sanskrit बाल (bāla, kid, infant).

Pronunciation

  • балова́ть: IPA(key):
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  • ба́ловать: IPA(key): (acceptable, previously proscribed but common)
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Verb

балова́ть or ба́ловать (balovátʹ or bálovatʹimpf (perfective избалова́ть or изба́ловать or побалова́ть or поба́ловать, verbal noun балова́ние)

  1. to indulge, to spoil, to pet, to pamper
    • 1867, Иван Тургенев, “VII”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:
      Ирина пользовалась почти неограниченною свободою в родительском доме; её не баловали, даже немного чуждались её, но и не прекословили ей: она только того и хотела…
      Irina polʹzovalasʹ počti neograničennoju svobodoju v roditelʹskom dome; jejó ne balovali, daže nemnogo čuždalisʹ jejó, no i ne prekoslovili jej: ona tolʹko tovo i xotela…
      Irina enjoyed almost unlimited freedom in her parents' house; they did not spoil her, they even avoided her a little, but they did not thwart her, and that was all she wanted. . . .
  2. to give a treat

Conjugation

acceptable, previously proscribed but common

Derived terms

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