воздать

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въздати (vŭzdati). By surface analysis, воз- (voz-)дать (datʹ).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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возда́ть (vozdátʹpf (imperfective воздава́ть)

  1. (dated or literary) to render, to give in recognition [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’]
    возда́ть до́лжноеvozdátʹ dólžnojeto render tribute, to give (someone or something) their due
    возда́ть по́честиvozdátʹ póčestito give honors, to pay homage
  2. (literary, figurative) to repay, to reward, to recompense [with instrumental ‘something’ and за (za, accusative) ‘for something else’]
    возда́ть добро́м за злоvozdátʹ dobróm za zloto repay good for evil, to repay evil with good

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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