прилипати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From прили́п(нути) (prylýp(nuty)) +‎ -а́ти (-áty). Compare Russian прилипа́ть (prilipátʹ), Belarusian прыліпа́ць (prylipácʹ), Middle Polish przylipać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [preɫeˈpate]

Verb

прилипа́ти • (prylypátyimpf (perfective прили́пнути) (intransitive) [with до (do, + genitive) ‘to’]

  1. to stick, to adhere
  2. to cling (to adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours)
  3. (by extension) to cling (of a person: to hold on or press oneself tightly; to maintain tight physical contact)
  4. (figuratively, colloquial) to cling (to be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on)
  5. (figuratively, colloquial) to be glued (to) (to pay rapt attention)
  6. (figuratively, colloquial) to stick (to remain persistently associated: nickname, reputation, habit, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • прилипа́ння n (prylypánnja)

References

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

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