Belarusian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Polish podobać się, cognates include Ukrainian подо́батися (podóbatysja).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [padaˈbat͡sːa]
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Verb

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падаба́цца (padabáccaimpf (perfective спадаба́цца)

  1. to like (the person who likes takes the dative case; the person or thing liked takes the nominative case)
    падаба́ецца нам гэ́та ці неpadabájecca nam héta ci njewhether we like it or not
    Мне падаба́ецца гэ́ты фільм.Mnje padabájecca héty filʹm.I like this movie. (literally, “To me, this movie is pleasurable.”)

Conjugation

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References

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  • падабацца” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org