Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Ukrainian крѣпити (krěpiti),[1] from Proto-Slavic *krěpiti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [krʲiˈpɪte]
  • (file)

Verb edit

кріпи́ти (kripýtyimpf

  1. (transitive) to fasten, to fix in place, to secure in place
  2. (transitive, nautical) to hitch, to lash, to make fast (to attach, tie or fasten)
  3. (transitive, figuratively, colloquial) to fortify, to strength (to give power, strength, or vigour to)
  4. (transitive) to fortify (:wine)
  5. (intransitive, of cold, frost, etc.) to stiffen

Conjugation edit

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Prefixed verbs

References edit

  1. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*крѣпити”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 521

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