нахилятися

Ukrainian

Etymology

From нахиля́ти (naxyljáty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Belarusian нахіля́цца (naxiljácca), Polish nachylać się.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐxeˈlʲatesʲɐ]
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Verb

нахиля́тися • (naxyljátysjaimpf (perfective нахили́тися)

  1. to lean, to incline, to tilt (to move from the vertical towards the horizontal)
  2. to bend, to bend down, to bend over, to stoop
  3. (figuratively) to lean, to incline (to tend towards a belief, opinion, focus of affection, etc.)
  4. (rare, of the sun or moon) to dip (to move towards the horizon)
  5. passive of нахиля́ти impf (naxyljáty)

Conjugation

  • на́хил m (náxyl)
  • нахи́лення n (naxýlennja)
  • нахиля́ння n (naxyljánnja)
  • нахиля́ти impf (naxyljáty), нахили́ти pf (naxylýty)

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “нахилятися”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 62
  • нахилятися”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]

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