Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From відбива́ти (vidbyváty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian отбива́ться (otbivátʹsja), Belarusian адбіва́цца (adbivácca), Polish odbijać się.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʋʲidbeˈʋatesʲɐ]
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Verb

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відбива́тися (vidbyvátysjaimpf (perfective відби́тися)

  1. to break off (to become detached by breaking or snapping) [with від (vid, + genitive) ‘from’]
    Synonyms: відко́люватися impf (vidkóljuvatysja), відла́муватися impf (vidlámuvatysja)
  2. to fight back, to defend oneself, to hit back
  3. to break away [with від (vid, + genitive) ‘from a flock, group, herd, etc.’]
  4. to become separated, to fall behind, to lose contact [with від (vid, + genitive) ‘from/with a flock, group, herd, etc.’]
  5. (colloquial) to break off [with від (vid, + genitive) ‘from an activity, topic’]
  6. to be imprinted, to leave an imprint [with на (na) or у (u) or в (v, + locative) ‘in/on’]
  7. to be reflected (of light, waves: to be mirrored)
  8. to echo, to echo back, to reverberate
    Synonyms: відгу́куватися impf (vidhúkuvatysja), віддава́ти луно́ю impf (viddaváty lunóju), відлу́нювати impf (vidlúnjuvaty)
  9. to be reflected (to be evident in something) [with на (na) or у (u) or в (v, + locative) ‘in/on’]
  10. to affect, to have an impact [with на (na, + locative) ‘on’]
    Synonym: вплива́ти impf (vplyváty)
  11. passive of відбива́ти impf (vidbyváty)

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