кіраваць

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian кирова́ти (kirováti), керова́ти (kerováti), from Middle Polish kierować.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kʲiraˈvat͡sʲ]
  • Rhymes: -at͡sʲ
  • Hyphenation: кі‧ра‧ваць

Verb

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кірава́ць (kiravácʹimpf (perfective накірава́ць)

  1. (transitive) to steer (using devices, levers, etc., to regulate the progress, movement, work of someone, something)
  2. (transitive) to influence (the development of something, the course of some process)
  3. (transitive) to manage (to be at the head of something, to direct the activities of someone, something)
  4. (transitive) to guide (to direct someone's deeds, actions)
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to be in charge, head
    Synonym: кірава́цца (kiravácca)
  6. (transitive, grammar) to govern (to require a definite indirect case after itself)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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nouns
verbs

References

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  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “кіраваць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  2. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “керовати”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 76

Further reading

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