доставац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak dostávať. By surface analysis, до- (do-) +‎ ставац (stavac).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɔsˈtavat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -avat͡s
  • Hyphenation: до‧ста‧вац

Verb

доставац (dostavacimpf (perfective достац)

  1. (transitive) to receive, to get, to obtain
    Antonyms: нєдоставац (njedostavac), трациц (tracic)
    новини доставаме по пошти
    novini dostavame po pošti
    we receive newspapers by mail
    челїк доставаме зоз желєзаčeljik dostavame zoz željezawe get steel from iron
  2. (transitive) to win (games, prizes, etc.)
    Antonyms: нєдоставац (njedostavac), трациц (tracic)
    нє достава вше лєпши тим
    nje dostava vše ljepši tim
    the better team doesn't always win
  3. (ambitransitive) to reach, to grasp
    Synonym: долапйовац (dolapjovac)
  4. (transitive) to receive, to get (for consumption or use)
    вон на дзень достава литру млєка
    von na dzenʹ dostava litru mljeka
    he gets a litre of milk per day
  5. (intransitive, always in the negative) to last, to continue, to take
    нє доставало им хлєба до нового
    nje dostavalo im xljeba do novoho
    the bread didn't last him until the new ones
  6. (reflexive with ше (še)) to get into, to arrive, to get to somewhere/something (e.g. something undesirable)
    два раз ше доставал до рабства
    dva raz še dostaval do rabstva
    he fell into slavery twice
  7. (reflexive with ше (še)) to belong to, to fall to [with dative ‘someone’]

Conjugation

Derived terms

nouns
  • доставатель m pers (dostavatelʹ)
  • доставач m pers (dostavač)

References

Anagrams

  • одставац (odstavac)