протікати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From протік- (protik-) +‎ -а́ти (-áty). Compare Russian протека́ть (protekátʹ), Belarusian працяка́ць (pracjakácʹ), Polish przeciekać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prɔtʲiˈkate]
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Verb

протіка́ти • (protikátyimpf (perfective протекти́) (intransitive)

  1. (chiefly imperfective) to flow (through)
  2. to seep (through)
    Synonym: просо́чуватися impf (prosóčuvatysja)
  3. to leak, to be leaky (to allow liquid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed)
    Дах протіка́є.Dax protikáje.The roof is leaking.
    Десь протіка́ло. (impersonal)Desʹ protikálo.It was leaking somewhere.
  4. (of time, time period) to pass
  5. to proceed (to be transacted; to take place; to occur)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • протіка́ння n (protikánnja)

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