плазувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From плаз (plaz) +‎ -ува́ти (-uváty), from Polish płaz.[1] Compare inherited East Slavic verbs по́взати (póvzaty) and повзти́ (povztý).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɫɐzʊˈʋate]
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Verb

плазува́ти • (plazuvátyimpf

  1. to creep, to crawl (to move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)
    Synonym: повзти́ impf (povztý)
  2. (figuratively) to creep, to crawl, to grovel [with пе́ред (péred, + instrumental) ‘before’] (to abase oneself before another person; to act in a servile manner)
    Synonym: по́взати impf (póvzaty)
    плазува́ти в нога́х
    plazuváty v noháx
    to crawl/to grovel at someone's feet
    плазува́ти на колі́нах / навко́лішках (literally or figuratively)
    plazuváty na kolínax / navkóliškax
    to crawl on one's knees

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • плазува́ння n (plazuvánnja)
  • поплазува́ти pf (poplazuváty)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “плаз”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 423

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