действовать

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Russian

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic дѣиствовати (děistvovati). By surface analysis, де́йство (déjstvo) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ).

Verb

де́йствовать (déjstvovatʹimpf (perfective подействовать)

  1. to do an action or activity
    де́йствовать в интере́сах госуда́рства
    déjstvovatʹ v interésax gosudárstva
    to act in the interest of the government
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Same as above.

Verb

де́йствовать (déjstvovatʹimpf (perfective поде́йствовать)

  1. to affect, to have an effect on
Conjugation