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Ukrainian
Etymology
From від- (vid-) + би́ти (býty). Compare Russian отби́ть (otbítʹ), Belarusian адбі́ць (adbícʹ), Polish odbić.
Pronunciation
Verb
відби́ти • (vidbýty) pf (imperfective відбива́ти)
- to beat off, to break off, to knock off (detach with blows; remove by hitting)
- Synonyms: відлама́ти pf (vidlamáty), відломи́ти pf (vidlomýty)
- to beat back, to beat off, to fend off, to fight off, to parry, to repel, to repulse, to ward off (:attack, blow, enemy)
- Synonym: відки́нути pf (vidkýnuty)
- to retake, to win back, to wrest back
- Synonym: відвоюва́ти pf (vidvojuváty)
- (colloquial) to win over (to oneself: до се́бе)
- to turn away (from), to turn against (person or action: від + genitive)
- Synonyms: відверну́ти pf (vidvernúty), відмо́вити pf (vidmóvyty), відра́дити pf (vidrádyty)
- відби́ти бажа́ння / охо́ту ― vidbýty bažánnja / oxótu ― to take away one’s desire, to discourage, to disincline
- to beat out, to strike (:clock chime)
- to reflect (:light, colour, image, etc.)
- Synonym: віддзерка́лити pf (viddzerkályty)
- to echo, to reflect, to reverberate (:sound)
- to print, to imprint
- Synonym: віддрукува́ти pf (viddrukuváty)
- (figuratively) to reflect (:qualities, concepts, etc.)
- Synonym: відобрази́ти pf (vidobrazýty)
- to recoil, to kick back (said of firearm)
Conjugation
Conjugation of відби́ти, відби́ть (class 11b, perfective, transitive, irregular)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “відбити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “відбити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “відбити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “відбити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “відбити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “відбити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “відбити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)