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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *viděti. Cognate with Bulgarian ви́дя (vídja), Latin videō, English wit, wise.
Pronunciation
Verb
ви́деть • (vídetʹ) impf (perfective зави́деть or уви́деть, verbal noun ви́дение)
- to see (perceive by eyesight)
1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 5:32:Но Он смотрел вокруг, чтобы видеть ту, которая сделала это.- No On smotrel vokrug, štoby videtʹ tu, kotoraja sdelala eto.
- But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it.
2017, Polina Gagarina, Обезоружена [Obezoružena]:Соединились наши орбиты. Мы видим мир, которого нет.- Sojedinilisʹ naši orbity. My vidim mir, kotorovo net.
- Our orbits joined. We see the world which doesn't exist
- Она́ их ви́дит. ― Oná ix vídit. ― She sees them.
- to see (to be able to perceive by eyesight)
- Мы плохо ви́дим в темноте́. ― My ploxo vídim v temnoté. ― We see poorly in the dark.
- to meet (someone)
- Я не ви́дел вас це́лую неде́лю, я не слы́шал вас так до́лго. ― Ja ne vídel vas céluju nedélju, ja ne slýšal vas tak dólgo. ― I haven't seen you for a week; I haven't heard you for so long. Anton Chekhov, Ionich, 1898.
- to understand
- Он ясно ви́дел, что власть его́ над людьми́ ко́нчится навсегда́, е́сли то́лько Христо́с не отречётся от свое́й про́поведи. ― On jasno vídel, što vlastʹ jevó nad ljudʹmí kónčitsja navsegdá, jésli tólʹko Xristós ne otrečótsja ot svojéj própovedi. ― He saw clearly that his power over men would end forever unless Christ were to renounce his own message. L. N. Tolstoy, The Destruction of Hell and Its Restoration, 1902.
- (computing) to detect the presence of a component
- По́сле переустано́вки Windows комп переста́л ви́деть видеока́рту. ― Pósle pereustanóvki Windows komp perestál vídetʹ videokártu. ― After reinstalling Windows, the computer no longer sees the video card.
Usage notes
- In contrast with смотре́ть (smotrétʹ), видеть is used for situations for when you immediately see something, such as in "Они видят друг друга на тротуаре" (They see each other on the sidewalk). When seeing performances, such as plays or television, смотреть is used.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ви́деть (class 5a imperfective transitive)
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