послатися

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɔsˈɫatesʲɐ]

Etymology 1

From посла́ти (posláty, to send, to dispatch) +‎ -ся (-sja).

Verb

посла́тися • (poslátysjapf (imperfective посила́тися)

  1. to refer to, to make reference to, to reference, to cite [with на (na, + accusative) ‘something’] (to mention; to direct attention to (as evidence, example, justification, source, etc.))
  2. (dialectal, followed by листа́ми (letters)) to send letters [with до (do, + genitive) ‘to someone’]
  3. (obsolete) to send elders to propose marriage on one's behalf [with до (do, + genitive) ‘to someone’]
    Synonyms: посла́ти старості́в pf (posláty starostív), посва́татися pf (posvátatysja)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From посла́ти (posláty, alternative form of постели́ти) +‎ -ся (-sja).

Verb

посла́тися • (poslátysjapf (imperfective постила́тися or постеля́тися (colloquial))

  1. alternative form of постели́тися pf (postelýtysja)
Conjugation

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