Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From вдава́ти (vdaváty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian вдава́ться (vdavátʹsja), Polish wdawać się.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [wdɐˈʋatesʲɐ]
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Verb

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вдава́тися (vdavátysjaimpf (perfective вда́тися)

  1. (third person only) to succeed, to be successful, to be a success, to turn out well, to work out
  2. (impersonal with infinitive) to manage (to do), to be possible
  3. to be born (with certain characteristics or talents—followed by nominative, instrumental or до + genitive)
  4. to give in (to an emotion or mental state: в/у + accusative)
    Synonym: впада́ти impf (vpadáty)
  5. to indulge (in an attitude or emotion: в/у + accusative)
  6. to engage in, to get into, to go into, to turn to (an activity: в/у + accusative or до + genitive)
    вдава́тися в подро́биціvdavátysja v podróbycito go into details
    вдава́тися до кра́йнощівvdavátysja do krájnoščivto go to extremes
  7. to turn to (somebody: до + genitive)
    Synonym: зверта́тися impf (zvertátysja)
  8. to resort, to have recourse (to something: до + genitive)
    вдава́тися до обма́нуvdavátysja do obmánuto resort to deception
    вдава́тися до відчайду́шних за́ходівvdavátysja do vidčajdúšnyx záxodivto resort to desperate measures
  9. (rare) to jut into (в/у + accusative)
  10. (dialectal) to seem
    Synonym: (nondialectal) здава́тися impf (zdavátysja)

Conjugation

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