Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьměti. Compare Belarusian мець (mjecʹ), Bulgarian имам (imam), Ukrainian ма́ти (máty), Polish mieć, Serbo-Croatian имати/imati, Old Church Slavonic имѣти (iměti).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɪˈmʲetʲ]
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Verb

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име́ть (imétʹimpf (verbal noun име́ние)

  1. to have, to possess
    Я хочу́ име́ть друзе́й.Ja xočú imétʹ druzéj.I want to have friends.
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 6:18:
      Ибо Иоанн говорил Ироду: не должно тебе иметь жену брата твоего.
      Ibo Ioann govoril Irodu: ne dolžno tebe imetʹ ženu brata tvojevo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (euphemistic, colloquial) to fuck, to have
    име́ть кого́-тоimétʹ kovó-toto fuck someone (literally, “to have someone”)
  3. (archaic) to have to; to be obliged (to do something)

Usage notes

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Иметь is rarely used in Russian with the sense of 'have', except with abstract concepts, most often in set expressions (име́ть в виду́ (imétʹ v vidú, to mean, to have in mind), име́ть права́ (imétʹ pravá, to have rights), etc.). The most common way to express possession is "у (u) + possessor [in the genitive] + есть (jestʹ) + possession [in the nominative]". However, иметь (imetʹ) is commonly used when an infinitive is needed, as in the above example sentence.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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see 1