забирати

From за- (za-) +‎ -бира́ти (-byráty). Compare Russian забира́ть (zabirátʹ), Belarusian забіра́ць (zabirácʹ), Polish zabierać.

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забира́ти • (zabyráty) impf (perfective забра́ти) (transitive)

1. to take (to get into one's hands, possession or control)
2. to take (to escort or conduct a person)
3. to collect, to pick up (:passenger, goods)
4. to take away, to remove, to withdraw
5. to take, to claim (:life)

   Війна́ продо́вжує забира́ти бага́то житті́в.

   Vijná prodóvžuje zabyráty baháto žyttív.

   The war continues to claim many lives.

6. to take, to occupy (to seize or capture)
7. (colloquial) to take away (to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else, usually not with the person's consent)
   1. (colloquial) to arrest, to detain

      Synonyms: заарешто́вувати impf (zaareštóvuvaty, “to arrest”), затри́мувати impf (zatrýmuvaty, “to detain”)

8. (colloquial) to take hold (of a feeling, condition: to take root, become established)
9. (figuratively) to take, to take up (:time, energy, etc.)
10. to bear (to be, or head, in a specific direction)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “забирати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “забирати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “забирати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “забирати”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “забирати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “забирати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “забирати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)