-ляти

Ukrainian

Etymology

Probably extracted from the imperfective verbs featuring epenthetic л by rebracketing: зароб(и́ти) (zarob(ýty)) +‎ -я́ти (-játy)заробля́ти (zarobljáty)зароб- (zarob-) +‎ -ля́ти (-ljáty).

Suffix

-ля́ти • (-ljáty)

  1. A rare suffix added to some verbs to produce their expressive or alternative forms.
    кружи́ти (kružýty) + ‎-ляти (-ljaty) → ‎кружля́ти (kružljáty)
    жбу́рити (žbúryty) + ‎-ляти (-ljaty) → ‎жбурля́ти (žburljáty)
    шмига́ти (šmyháty) + ‎-ляти (-ljaty) → ‎шмигля́ти (šmyhljáty)
    шкандиба́ти (škandybáty) + ‎-ляти (-ljaty) → ‎шкандиля́ти (škandyljáty)
  2. A rare suffix added to some perfective verbs to produce their imperfective equivalents.
    штурну́ти (šturnúty) + ‎-ляти (-ljaty) → ‎штурля́ти (šturljáty)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ляти