зіткнутися

Ukrainian

Etymology

From зіткну́ти (zitknúty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Belarusian сутыкну́цца (sutyknúcca), Polish zetknąć się.

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Verb

зіткну́тися • (zitknútysja) pf (imperfective стика́тися)

1. to collide (to impact directly)

   Synonym: зіштовхну́тися pf (zištovxnútysja)

2. to come into contact, to touch (to come together physically)
3. to bump into, to come across, to run into (meet or find unexpectedly)

   Synonyms: зіштовхну́тися pf (zištovxnútysja), натра́пити pf (natrápyty), наткну́тися pf (natknútysja), наштовхну́тися pf (naštovxnútysja)

4. (figuratively) to come into contact (to have an encounter with)
5. (figuratively) to come up against, to confront, to be confronted (with), to encounter, to face, to be faced (with) (challenge, difficulty, opposition, reality, etc.)

   Synonyms: зіштовхну́тися pf (zištovxnútysja), натра́пити pf (natrápyty), наткну́тися pf (natknútysja), наштовхну́тися pf (naštovxnútysja)

6. to clash, to encounter (to come into violent conflict)
7. (figuratively) to clash, to collide, to come into conflict (to be incompatible or in contradiction)

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Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зіткнутися”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “зіткнутися”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “зіткнутися”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “зіткнутися”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “зіткнутися”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “зіткнутися”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зіткнутися”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)