пручатися

Ukrainian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Slavic *prygati.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prʊˈt͡ʃatesʲɐ]
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Verb

пруча́тися • (pručátysjaimpf (perfective пручну́тися)

  1. to resist (to oppose; to refuse to accept)
  2. to struggle (to strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пручатися”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 618

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