зіткнутися

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From зіткну́ти (zitknúty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Belarusian сутыкну́цца (sutyknúcca), Polish zetknąć się.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [zʲitkˈnutesʲɐ]
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Verb

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зіткну́тися (zitknútysjapf (imperfective стика́тися) [with з (z, + instrumental) ‘with’]

  1. to collide (to impact directly)
    Synonym: зіштовхну́тися pf (zištovxnútysja)
  2. to come into contact, to touch (to come together physically)
  3. to bump into, to come across, to run into (meet or find unexpectedly)
    Synonyms: зіштовхну́тися pf (zištovxnútysja), натра́пити pf (natrápyty), наткну́тися pf (natknútysja), наштовхну́тися pf (naštovxnútysja)
  4. (figuratively) to come into contact (to have an encounter with)
  5. (figuratively) to come up against, to confront, to be confronted (with), to encounter, to face, to be faced (with) (challenge, difficulty, opposition, reality, etc.)
    Synonyms: зіштовхну́тися pf (zištovxnútysja), натра́пити pf (natrápyty), наткну́тися pf (natknútysja), наштовхну́тися pf (naštovxnútysja)
  6. to clash, to encounter (to come into violent conflict)
  7. (figuratively) to clash, to collide, to come into conflict (to be incompatible or in contradiction)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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