підводити

Ukrainian

Etymology

From під- (pid-) +‎ води́ти (vodýty) with stress shift. Compare Belarusian падво́дзіць (padvódzicʹ), Russian подводи́ть (podvodítʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲidˈwɔdete]

Verb

підво́дити • (pidvódytyimpf (perfective підвести́) (transitive)

  1. to bring [with до (do, + genitive) ‘to’] (to move (someone or something) closer)
  2. (figuratively) to bring, to lead [with до (do, + genitive) ‘to’] (to influence towards a belief, a conclusion, a topic, etc.)
  3. (figuratively) to lead [with на (na, + accusative) or до (do, + genitive) ‘to’] (to draw or direct by influence to a course of action, usually bad)
  4. to let down, to fail
  5. to bring, to place [with під (pid, + accusative) ‘under, underneath’]
    підво́дити фунда́мент під (+ accusative)pidvódyty fundáment pidto put a foundation under (something)
  6. to line, to outline, to pencil (to define (facial feature) with makeup)
    підво́дити бро́ви олівце́мpidvódyty bróvy olivcémto pencil one's eyebrows
  7. to draw up (:account, summary, etc.)
  8. to raise (to cause (something) to rise)
  9. to bring up, to lift up (to bring (someone) from a lower to a higher position)
  10. to build (:structure)
  11. (impersonal) to feel pinched [with живі́т (žyvít) or че́рево (čérevo) ‘abdomen, belly, stomach’ (as direct object)]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • підво́дження n (pidvódžennja)
  • підво́дитися impf (pidvódytysja)

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2021), “підводити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 12 (п – підку́рювач), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 807
  • підводити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]

Further reading