забрати

From за- (za-) +‎ бра́ти (bráty). Compare Russian забра́ть (zabrátʹ), Belarusian забра́ць (zabrácʹ), Polish zabrać.

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забра́ти • (zabráty) pf (imperfective забира́ти) (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)

   Тера́кт забра́в життя́ трьох люде́й.

   Terákt zabráv žyttjá trʹox ljudéj.

   A terrorist act claimed the lives of three people.

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: заарештува́ти pf (zaareštuváty, “to arrest”), затри́мати pf (zatrýmaty, “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), “забрати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “забрати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (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), “забрати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “забрати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “забрати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “забрати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “забрати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)