приживатися

Ukrainian

Etymology

From прижива́ти (pryžyváty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian прижива́ться (priživátʹsja), Belarusian прыжыва́цца (pryžyvácca).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [preʒeˈʋatesʲɐ]

Verb

прижива́тися • (pryžyvátysjaimpf (perfective прижи́тися)

  1. to become accustomed, to settle in (to a milieu, place, etc.)
  2. to become acclimatized/acclimated, to acclimatize/acclimate (to get used to a new climate)
  3. (of plants) to take root, to take (to begin to grow after being replanted)
  4. (figuratively) to take root (to become established)
  5. (of tissue) to take (to begin to grow after being grafted)
    Synonym: приживля́тися impf (pryžyvljátysja)

Conjugation

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2024), “приживатися”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 15 (пре́фікс – п'ять), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund
  • приживатися”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]

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