добитися

Ukrainian

Etymology

From доби́ти (dobýty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian доби́ться (dobítʹsja), Belarusian дабі́цца (dabícca).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɔˈbɪtesʲɐ]

Verb

доби́тися • (dobýtysjapf (imperfective добива́тися)

  1. (perfective only) to achieve, to attain, to obtain [with genitive ‘something’]
    Synonym: домогти́ся pf (domohtýsja)
  2. to find out [with genitive ‘something’, along with від (vid, + genitive) or в (v, + accusative) ‘from someone’]
  3. (colloquial) to get (to), to reach [with до (do, + genitive)]
    Synonyms: дібра́тися pf (dibrátysja), добра́тися pf (dobrátysja)

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