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Ukrainian
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *pęta (“heel”) (with о- (o-) prefix). Cognates include Czech opět, Old Polish opięć, Russian опя́ть (opjátʹ), Serbo-Croatian opet.
Pronunciation
Adverb
оп'я́ть • (opʺjátʹ)
- (colloquial, proscribed) again (occurring another time)
- Synonyms: знов (znov), зно́ву (znóvu), уп'я́ть (upʺjátʹ)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “оп'я́ть”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “оп'я́ть”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 206