відкопати

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъkopati. By surface analysis, від- (vid-) +‎ копа́ти (kopáty). Compare Russian откопа́ть (otkopátʹ), Belarusian адкапа́ць (adkapácʹ), Polish odkopać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋʲidkɔˈpate]
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Verb

відкопа́ти • (vidkopátypf (imperfective відко́пувати) (transitive)

  1. to dig out, to dig up, to excavate, to unearth
  2. to disinter, to exhume
  3. (figuratively, colloquial) to dig up, to unearth (uncover or find)

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Derived terms

  • відкопа́тися pf (vidkopátysja)

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