відсіч
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Ukrainian
Etymology
Deverbal from відсікти́ (vidsiktý).
Pronunciation
Noun
ві́дсіч • (vídsič) f inan (genitive ві́дсічі, uncountable)
- rebuff, pushback (resistance or refusal)
- retort, riposte (sharp response)
- Hypernym: ві́дповідь f (vídpovidʹ)
- (military) repulse (act of repelling an enemy attack)
Declension
Declension of ві́дсіч (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
Related terms
- відсіка́ти impf (vidsikáty), відсікти́ pf (vidsiktý)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “відсіч”, 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), “відсіч”, 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
- “відсіч”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “відсіч”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “відсіч”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)