How to Say “Grant” in Russian

Ways to say it

In Russian, the word for 'grant' depends on whether you are talking about a routine administrative process, a formal bestowal of favor or a poetic endowment. For administrative actions like issuing a permit or a document, use выдава́ть. For the act of bestowing a gift or favor from a superior to an inferior, use жа́ловать. In religious, poetic or highly formal contexts, such as a deity granting a blessing, use дарова́ть. If you are referring to a financial grant, such as for research or academia, the noun грант is used.

What does it mean word for word?

The perfective form вы́дать is composed of the prefix вы– meaning 'out' and the root –дать meaning 'to give', literally translating to 'to give out'.

Which one should you use?

выдава́ть is a neutral term used for the routine or administrative act of issuing items like passports, certificates or permits. Its perfective counterpart, вы́дать, is used when the act of handing over or issuing that object is completed. In contrast, жа́ловать is formal or archaic, implying a favor granted by a superior. дарова́ть is used in poetic or religious senses to describe being endowed with something or receiving a blessing from a higher power.

Related words

The act of granting, a bestowing or conferring, concession, allowance, permission (noun): предоставле́ние.

The thing or property granted, a gift, a boon (noun): грант, субси́дия.

How does it change in a sentence?

выдава́ть is the imperfective form. вы́дать is the perfective aspect. дарова́ть can be used in both imperfective and perfective aspects.

How do you pronounce it?

vydavátʹ