давать

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dāvàti. By surface analysis, дать (datʹ) + -ва́ть (-vátʹ). Cognate with Ukrainian дава́ти (daváty, to give), Belarusian дава́ць (davácʹ, to give), Bulgarian давам (davam, I give) (imperfective), Serbo-Croatian да́вати, dávati, Polish dawać (to give).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɐˈvatʲ]
  • (file)

Verb

дава́ть • (davátʹ) impf (perfective дать)

  1. to give
  2. to let, to allow
  3. to hit, to strike, to clip
  4. (slang) to put out, to consent to sex

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

from даю́ (dajú):

  • Finnish: daiju (face; head; moron; crazy; cool) (colloquial)
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