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Ukrainian
Etymology
From від- (vid-) + пусти́ти (pustýty). Compare Russian отпусти́ть (otpustítʹ), Belarusian адпусці́ць (adpuscícʹ), Polish odpuścić.
Pronunciation
Verb
відпусти́ти • (vidpustýty) pf (imperfective відпуска́ти) (transitive)
- to let go (allow to leave)
- to free, to release, to set free
- Synonyms: ви́зволити pf (výzvolyty), ви́пустити pf (výpustyty), емансипува́ти pf (emansypuváty), звільни́ти pf (zvilʹnýty)
- відпусти́ти на во́лю (historical) ― vidpustýty na vólju ― to release from serfdom, to emancipate, to enfranchise, to manumit
- to let go of, to unhand (release from one's grasp)
- to loosen, to relax, to slacken (make less tight)
- Synonym: посла́бити pf (poslábyty)
- (chiefly impersonal, figurative, colloquial) to ease, to lessen (pain, cold)
- Synonym: осла́бнути pf (oslábnuty)
- to release, to supply (:funds, resources, etc.)
- to grow, to let grow (:hair, beard, etc.)
- (religion) to absolve, to forgive, to remit (:sin)
- Synonym: прости́ти pf (prostýty)
- (metallurgy) to temper
Conjugation
Conjugation of відпусти́ти, відпусти́ть (class 4c, perfective, transitive)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “відпустити”, 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), “відпустити”, 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), “відпустити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “відпустити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “відпустити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “відпустити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “відпустити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)