викривляти

Ukrainian

Etymology

From the викривл- stem of ви́кривити (výkryvyty) +‎ -я́ти (-játy). Compare Polish wykrzywiać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋekreu̯ˈlʲate]

Verb

викривля́ти • (vykryvljátyimpf (perfective ви́кривити) (transitive)

  1. to bend, to crook, to curve
    Synonym: криви́ти impf (kryvýty)
  2. to distort, to warp, to contort (to bring something out of shape)
  3. (figuratively) to distort, to pervert, to twist (to give a false or misleading account of)
    Synonyms: перекру́чувати impf (perekrúčuvaty), спотво́рювати impf (spotvórjuvaty)
  4. (figuratively) to crook, to pervert (to turn from the path of rectitude; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure: words, course of justice)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • викривля́ння n (vykryvljánnja)
  • викривля́тися impf (vykryvljátysja)

References

  • Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “викривляти”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 309
  • викривляти”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]

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