відказати

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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від- (vid-) +‎ каза́ти (kazáty). Cognate with Belarusian адказа́ць (adkazácʹ). Sense of "to refuse" was an influence of Russian отказа́ть (otkazátʹ, to deny, to refuse, to decline), otherwise a false friend.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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відказа́ти (vidkazátypf (imperfective відка́зувати)

  1. to answer, to respond, to reply
  2. (colloquial) to bequeath
  3. (dated or dialectal) to refuse
  4. (dialectal) to scold, to berate

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