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Etymology

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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

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вороти́ть (vorotítʹimpf (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

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Verb

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вороти́ть (vorotítʹpf

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

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “воротить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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