звестися

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From звести́ (zvestý) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian свести́сь (svestísʹ), Belarusian зве́сціся (zvjéscisja), Polish zwieść się (to deceive one another).

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Verb

звести́ся (zvestýsjapf (imperfective зво́дитися)

  1. to climb, to go up, to rise (to move upwards)
  2. to get up, to rise (to assume an upright position)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Panas Myrny, Пригода з Кобзарем [Adventure with a Kobzar]‎, published 1955, archived from the original on 2023-10-22:
      Марта лежить, не може звестися [] .
      Marta ležytʹ, ne može zvestysja [] .
      Marta is lying down, she can't get up .
  3. to rise (to attain a certain height)
  4. to rise (to slope upwards)
  5. (third person only) to arise
  6. (third person only) to draw together (to move towards each other)
  7. (rare) to be enticed
  8. to die away, to fade away, to fade
  9. to become contracted, to be bent inwards (of hands, fingers)
  10. (third person only) to be reduced
  11. (third person only) to boil down, to come down to
  12. passive of звести́ pf (zvestý)

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