воротить

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic воротити (vorotiti), from Proto-Slavic *vortiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wártīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wortéyeti, from the root *wert-. Doublet of -врати́ть (-vratítʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic вратити (vratiti) (cf. возврати́ть (vozvratítʹ), изврати́ть (izvratítʹ), отврати́ть (otvratítʹ), соврати́ть (sovratítʹ)).

Cognate to верте́ть (vertétʹ), враща́ть (vraščátʹ), воро́чать (voróčatʹ) / вороча́ть (voročátʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vərɐˈtʲitʲ]

Verb

вороти́ть • (vorotítʹ) impf (perfective повороти́ть or свороти́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to bring back
  2. (colloquial) to turn away
  3. (colloquial) to rule, to control, to manage
  4. (colloquial, impersonal) to make sick

Conjugation

Verb

вороти́ть • (vorotítʹ) pf

  1. (colloquial) to bring back; to give back
    Synonyms: возврати́ть (vozvratítʹ), верну́ть (vernútʹ)

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “воротить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.