учути
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- вчу́ти (včúty)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ꙋчꙋ́ти (učúti, “to hear, to feel, to sense”), from Old East Slavic ꙋчꙋти, ꙋчюти (učuti, učjuti, “to hear, to recognize”), from Proto-Slavic *učùti. By surface analysis, у- (u-) + чу́ти (čúty).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʊˈt͡ʃute]
Verb
учу́ти • (učúty) impf (perfective учува́ти) (transitive)
- to hear, to catch
- to feel, to sense, to smell, to scent
- to suspect, to smell, to detect, to notice (sth. not overtly displayed, sth. kept hidden or secret)
- Synonyms: здогада́тися (zdohadátysja), доба́чити (dobáčyty), помі́тити (pomítyty), уню́хати (unjúxaty)
Usage notes
- The forms учу́ти (učúty) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and вчу́ти (včúty) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.
Conjugation
Conjugation of учу́ти, учу́ть (class 12a, perfective, transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | учу́ти, учу́ть učúty, učútʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | учу́тий učútyj impersonal: учу́то učúto |
| adverbial | — | учу́вши učúvšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | учу́ю učúju |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | учу́єш učúješ |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | учу́є učúje |
| 1st plural ми |
— | учу́єм, учу́ємо učújem, učújemo |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | учу́єте učújete |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | учу́ють učújutʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | учу́ймо učújmo |
| second-person | учу́й učúj |
учу́йте učújte |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
учу́в učúv |
учу́ли učúly |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
учу́ла učúla | |
| neuter воно |
учу́ло učúlo | |
Derived terms
- учу́тий (učútyj)
- учу́тися pf (učútysja)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “учути”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “учути”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “учути”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “учути”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “учути”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)