наблюдать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic наблюдати (nabljudati). Equivalent to на- (na-) +‎ блюда́ть (bljudátʹ).

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Verb

наблюда́ть (nabljudátʹimpf (perfective понаблюда́ть)

  1. to watch, to observe
    наблюда́ть за ке́м-либо/че́м-либоnabljudátʹ za kém-libo/čém-liboto watch someone/something
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 7:4:
      и, придя с торга, не едят не омывшись. Есть и многое другое, чего они приняли держаться: наблюдать омовение чаш, кружек, котлов и скамей.
      i, pridja s torga, ne jedjat ne omyvšisʹ. Jestʹ i mnogoje drugoje, čevo oni prinjali deržatʹsja: nabljudatʹ omovenije čaš, kružek, kotlov i skamej.
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  2. to study
  3. to supervise, to take care of

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