бедствовать

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бѣдьствовати (bědĭstvovati). By surface analysis, бе́дствие (bédstvije) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲet͡stvəvətʲ]
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Verb

бе́дствовать • (bédstvovatʹimpf (perfective пробе́дствовать)

  1. to live in poverty, to be in misery

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • бе́дствование (bédstvovanije)