узятися

• взя́тися (vzjátysja)

From узя́ти (uzjáty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Belarusian узя́цца (uzjácca).

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈzʲatesʲɐ]

узя́тися • (uzjátysja) pf (imperfective бра́тися)

1. to grasp, to take hold of (with one's hands) [with за (za, + accusative)]

   узя́тися за ру́ки ― uzjátysja za rúky ― to take each other's hands

   узя́тися за го́лову ― uzjátysja za hólovu ― to take one's head in one's hands

2. to take up [with за (za, + accusative)] (to pick up: tool, object to be worked upon, etc.)
3. to set about, to set to, to start, to undertake [with за (za, + accusative) or до (do, + genitive) or infinitive] (to start doing or to devote oneself to some task)
4. to set about dealing with, to tackle [with за (za, + accusative) or до (do, + genitive) ‘someone’]
5. (figuratively, rare) to resort to, to take to [with на (na, + accusative) or до (do, + genitive) ‘action, measure, etc.’]

   Synonym: вда́тися pf (vdátysja)

6. (dated sense) to take each other in marriage
7. to appear, to emerge (somewhere or from somewhere)

   Synonyms: з'яви́тися pf (zʺjavýtysja), ви́никнути pf (výnyknuty)

   Узя́вся моро́з. ― Uzjávsja moróz. ― Frost appeared/set in/took hold.

8. to take [with до (do, + genitive) or за (za, + accusative) ‘on something’] (to adhere, to stick)
9. to take on [with instrumental ‘a covering, a visual aspect’]

• The forms узя́тися (uzjátysja) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and взя́тися (vzjátysja) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1979), “узятися”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (Т – Ф), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 412
• “узятися”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

• “узятися”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)