відвернутися

Ukrainian

Etymology

From відверну́ти (vidvernúty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian отверну́ться (otvernútʹsja), Belarusian адвярну́цца (advjarnúcca).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋʲidʋerˈnutesʲɐ]

Verb

відверну́тися • (vidvernútysjapf (imperfective відверта́тися) [with від (vid, + genitive) ‘from’]

  1. to turn away, to turn aside
  2. to bend away, to bend back
  3. (figuratively) to turn away, to turn one's back (to forsake or refuse an association or commitment)
  4. passive of відверну́ти pf (vidvernúty)

Conjugation

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