прижитися

Ukrainian

Etymology

From при- (pry-) +‎ жи́ти (žýty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian прижи́ться (prižítʹsja), Belarusian прыжы́цца (pryžýcca).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [preˈʒɪtesʲɐ]

Verb

прижи́тися • (pryžýtysjapf (imperfective прижива́тися)

  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: приживи́тися pf (pryžyvýtysja)

Conjugation

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2024), “прижитися”, 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
  • прижитися”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]

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