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Ukrainian
Etymology
From довести́ (dovestý) + -ся (-sja).
Pronunciation
Verb
довести́ся • (dovestýsja) pf (imperfective дово́дитися)
- (impersonal, with infinitive, optionally with dative case) to have to, to be necessary
- Synonyms: (predicative) потрі́бно (potríbno), (predicative) тре́ба (tréba)
Їм довесло́ся поки́нути краї́ну.- Jim doveslósja pokýnuty krajínu.
- They had to leave the country.
Вам доведе́ться запо́внити анке́ту.- Vam dovedétʹsja zapóvnyty ankétu.
- You will have to fill out a questionnaire.
Conjugation
Conjugation of довести́ся, довести́сь (class 7b, perfective, reflexive, impersonal)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “довестися”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “довестися”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “довестися”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “довестися”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “довестися”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “довестися”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “довестися”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)