наполегливий

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Seemingly from the obsolete наполега́ти (napoleháty, to insist)[1] + -ливий (-lyvyj). Compare наполяга́ти (napoljaháty).

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Adjective

наполе́гливий (napoléhlyvyj) (adverb наполе́гливо, abstract noun наполе́гливість)

  1. persistent, perseverant, persevering, pertinacious
    Synonyms: впе́ртий (vpértyj), упе́ртий (upértyj), насти́рливий (nastýrlyvyj)
  2. insistent
    Synonyms: насті́йний (nastíjnyj), насті́йливий (nastíjlyvyj)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Zhelekhivskyy, E. I., editor (1886), “наполега́ти”, in Малоруско-нїмецкий словар (in German), volumes 1: А – О, Lviv: Shevchenko Society, page 487

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