усвойовац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak usvojovať. By surface analysis, у- (u-) +‎ свой (svoj) +‎ -овац (-ovac).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [usvɔˈjɔvat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
  • Hyphenation: усво‧йо‧вац

Verb

усвойовац (usvojovacimpf (perfective усвоїц)

  1. (transitive) to adopt, to accept (to take or receive as one's own)
    усвойовац знаняusvojovac znanjato study, to learn (literally, “to adopt knowledges”)
  2. (transitive) to adopt (to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child; to obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild)
    Synonym: адоптовац (adoptovac)

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