присвоювати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From присво́їти (prysvójity) +‎ -ювати (-juvaty). Compare Russian присва́ивать (prisváivatʹ), Belarusian прысво́йваць (prysvójvacʹ), Polish przyswajać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [presˈwɔjʊʋɐte]
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Verb

присво́ювати • (prysvójuvatyimpf (perfective присво́їти)

  1. (often with dative reflexive pronoun собі́) to appropriate, to arrogate (to oneself), to assume (to take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right)
    Synonyms: привла́снювати impf (pryvlásnjuvaty), заволодіва́ти impf (zavolodiváty)
  2. to award, to assign, to confer, to grant
    Synonym: надава́ти impf (nadaváty)
  3. (dated sense) to adopt, to take in

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • присво́ювання n (prysvójuvannja)
  • присво́юватися impf (prysvójuvatysja)
  • присво́ювач m (prysvójuvač), присво́ювачка f (prysvójuvačka)

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