довлеть

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic довьлѣти (dovĭlěti), from Proto-Slavic *dovьlěti. The second sense appeared in the late 19th century and is not connected with the original; it arose by association with дави́ть (davítʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɐˈvlʲetʲ]

Verb

довле́ть (dovlétʹ) impf

  1. (archaic, biblical) to satisfy, to be sufficient
  2. (nonstandard) to weigh upon someone, to burden, to hang over

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