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уме́ть (umétʹ) [ʊˈmʲetʲ] impf (perfective суме́ть) "to be able; to know how to" Inherited from Old East Slavic оумѣти (uměti), from Proto-Slavic *uměti ("to know (how)"), from *umъ (probably from Proto-Indo European *men- ("to think; mind", origin of English mind and mental)) + *-ěti. Cognate to ум (um, "mind; intellect").