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to look, to watch

Source:*sъmotritiProto-Slaviccertain

Learn it fresh: four different verbs, though Ukrainian диви́тися and Czech dívat se are one word, 'to marvel at'.

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to look, to watch

Polish

patrzeć

ˈpatʂɛtɕ

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Russian
смотре́тьsmotretʹ
smɐˈtrʲetʲinherited
Ukrainian
диви́тисяdyvytysja
dɪˈʋɪtɪsʲadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *diviti sę 'to marvel' (*divъ 'wonder')
Polish
patrzeć
ˈpatʂɛtɕdifferent word · Polish, of uncertain origin
Czech
dívat se
ˈɟiːvat sɛdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *diviti sę 'to marvel' (*divъ 'wonder')
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
gledatiгледати
ˈɡledatidifferent word · Proto-Slavic *ględati 'to look'
Russian гляде́ть is the cognate.
English
to look, to watch