-ствовать

Russian

Etymology

-ство (-stvo) + -овать (-ovatʹ)

Pronunciation

  • (unstressed) IPA(key): [stvəvətʲ]
  • (stressed) IPA(key): [stvɐˈvatʲ]

Suffix

-ствовать or -ствова́ть (-stvovatʹ or -stvovátʹ)

  1. Suffix used to form verbs from nouns, and sometimes from adjectives.
    по́весть (póvestʹ, story)повествова́ть (povestvovátʹ, to narrate)
    спосо́б(ность) (sposób(nostʹ), ability, aptitude)спосо́бствовать (sposóbstvovatʹ, to promote, to further)
    власть (vlastʹ, power)вла́ствовать (vlástvovatʹ, to rule)
    бо́дрый (bódryj, awake)бо́дрствовать (bódrstvovatʹ, to stay awake)

Conjugation

unstressed:

stressed:

Derived terms

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