відступати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From від- (vid-) + ступа́ти (stupáty). Compare Russian отступа́ть (otstupátʹ), Belarusian адступа́ць (adstupácʹ), Polish odstępować.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋʲid͡zstʊˈpate]
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Verb

відступа́ти (vidstupáty) impf (perfective відступи́ти)

  1. (intransitive, literally) to back away, to back off, to step away, to step back, to withdraw
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to recede, to retreat (move back; become less extensive)
  3. (intransitive, military) to retreat, to fall back, to pull back, to withdraw
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to back down (withdraw from a commitment or position)
  5. (intransitive, figuratively) to depart, to deviate, to digress (from a law, norm, rule, theme, etc.)
  6. (intransitive) to be set back (leave free space next to it)
  7. (transitive) to cede (:property or right to somebody)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • відступа́льний (vidstupálʹnyj)
  • відступа́ння n (vidstupánnja)
  • відступа́тися impf (vidstupátysja)
  • відступа́ючий (vidstupájučyj)

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