стягати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From с- (s-) +‎ тяга́ти (tjaháty) or стяг- (stjah-) +‎ -а́ти (-áty). Compare Belarusian сцяга́ць (scjahácʹ), Polish ściągać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲtʲɐˈɦate]

Verb

стяга́ти • (stjahátyimpf (perfective стягну́ти or стягти́) (transitive)

  1. to tighten, to pull tighter
  2. to constrict
  3. to draw together, to pull together (attract or bring into one place)
  4. to draw up, to gather (:forces, troops, etc.)
  5. to pull, to pull away, to pull off [with з (z, + genitive) ‘from/off’]
  6. to exact, to extract, to levy (to force payment of: fee, money due, tax, etc.)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • стяга́ння n (stjahánnja)
  • стяга́тися impf (stjahátysja)

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