наступати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nastǔːpati/
  • Hyphenation: на‧сту‧па‧ти

Verb

насту́пати impf (Latin spelling nastúpati)

  1. (intransitive) to begin
  2. (intransitive) to behave, act
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) to tread, step on
    • 1404, anonymous, Kočerin tablet, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      и молꙋ вась не настꙋпаите на ме ѣ смь биль како ви есте ви ꙉете бити каковь смь ѣ
      And I pray you, do not tread on me. I was as you are; you shall be as I am.

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ ступа́ти (stupáty). Compare Russian наступа́ть (nastupátʹ), Belarusian наступа́ць (nastupácʹ), Polish następować.

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Verb

наступа́ти (nastupátyimpf (perfective наступи́ти) (intransitive, + на + accusative)

  1. (literally) to step on, to tread on
    наступа́ти кому́сь на но́гуnastupáty komúsʹ na nóhuto step on someone's foot
    наступа́ти кому́сь на па́льці (literally or figuratively)nastupáty komúsʹ na pálʹcito step on someone's toes, to tread on someone's toes
  2. (chiefly military) to advance (on), to attack
  3. to advance, to bear down, to close in (on somebody) (to approach in a determined manner)
  4. to encroach (on/upon)
  5. to come (approach in time)
    Synonym: настава́ти impf (nastaváty)
    Наступа́є опа́лювальний сезо́н.Nastupáje opáljuvalʹnyj sezón.The heating season is coming.
  6. to happen, to occur
    Synonym: става́тися impf (stavátysja)

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