відсовувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

Perhaps from відсу́нути (vidsúnuty) +‎ -о́в- (-óv-) +‎ -увати (-uvaty). Compare Belarusian адсо́ўваць (adsówvacʹ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋʲid͡zˈsɔwʊʋɐte]

Verb

відсо́вувати • (vidsóvuvatyimpf (perfective відсу́нути) (transitive)

  1. to move aside, to move away, to move back, to push aside, to push away, to push back (to move to a remoter place)
  2. to push open, to pull open (:bolt, drawer, etc.)
  3. (figuratively) to push aside (to marginalize; to sideline)
  4. (figuratively) to push back, to put off (to postpone)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • відсо́вування n (vidsóvuvannja)
  • відсо́вуватися impf (vidsóvuvatysja)

References

  • Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “відсовувати”, 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
  • відсовувати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]

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