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Definition 2024
совет
совет
Russian
Alternative forms
- совѣ́тъ (sově́t) (Pre-reform orthography)
Etymology
From Old East Slavic съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ, “advice”), compounded from со- (so-) + вѣтъ (větŭ, “agreement”), from Proto-Slavic *větъ (“council, talk”). Probably cognate with Polish witać (“to welcome”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɐˈvʲet]
Noun
сове́т • (sovét) m inan (genitive сове́та, nominative plural сове́ты, genitive plural сове́тов)
- advice, counsel
- council, board
- Сове́т Безопа́сности ОО́Н ― Sovét Bezopásnosti OÓN ― United Nations Security Council
- (Soviet Union) soviet
Declension
Declension of сове́т (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- сове́тник (sovétnik)
- сове́товать (sovétovatʹ)
- сове́тский (sovétskij)
- сове́тчик (sovétčik)
Related terms
- наве́т (navét), изве́т (izvét), отве́т (otvét), приве́т (privét), обе́т (obét), ве́че (véče), отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ), отве́тить (otvétitʹ), завеща́ть (zaveščátʹ), совещаться (soveščatʹsja)