обертатися

From оберта́ти (obertáty) +‎ -ся (-sja).

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оберта́тися • (obertátysja) impf (perfective оберну́тися)

1. to turn (change orientation in space)

   Synonyms: поверта́тися impf (povertátysja), переверта́тися impf (perevertátysja)

   оберта́тися з бо́ку на бік ― obertátysja z bóku na bik ― to turn from side to side

2. (figuratively) to take a turn (change in direction, tone, or tendency)
3. to revolve, to rotate, to spin, to turn (move around an axis through itself)

   Synonym: крути́тися impf (krutýtysja)

4. to orbit, to revolve (to move around a central point)

   Земля́ оберта́ється навко́ло Со́нця.

   Zemljá obertájetʹsja navkólo Sóncja.

   The Earth revolves around the Sun.

5. (figuratively) to revolve around (to be essentially connected with)
6. to circulate (of blood, fluid in an organism)

   Synonym: циркулюва́ти impf (cyrkuljuváty)

7. (imperfective only, figuratively) to circulate, to move (of a person in a social milieu)
8. (colloquial, with туди́ й наза́д, туди́ й сюди́ or similar) to go there and back / back and forth / to and fro
9. (figuratively) to turn (to change fundamentally)

   Synonym: перетво́рюватися impf (peretvórjuvatysja)

10. (figuratively) to result in
11. (dated) to turn (for attention, help, etc.)

    Synonym: зверта́тися impf (zvertátysja)

12. (colloquial, chiefly with шви́дко, пові́льно) to go about it
13. (imperfective only, rare) to deal with, to handle

    Synonyms: обхо́дитися impf (obxódytysja), пово́дитися impf (povódytysja)

14. (imperfective only, economics, finance) to circulate (of money, goods, etc.)
15. passive of оберта́ти impf (obertáty)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “обертатися”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “обертатися”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1974), “обертатися”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Н – О), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 492
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “обертатися”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “обертатися”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “обертатися”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “обертатися”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)