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Ukrainian
Etymology
From пере- (pere-) + ступи́ти (stupýty). Compare Russian переступи́ть (perestupítʹ), Belarusian пераступі́ць (pjerastupícʹ).
Pronunciation
Verb
переступи́ти • (perestupýty) pf (imperfective переступа́ти)
- (transitive or intransitive) to step across, to step over, to cross
- Synonym: перехо́дити impf (perexódyty)
- переступи́ти порі́г ― perestupýty poríh ― to cross a threshold
- (transitive, figuratively) to get over (:difficulties)
- (intransitive) to step (from one place to another)
- переступи́ти з ноги́ на но́гу ― perestupýty z nohý na nóhu ― to shift from foot to foot
- (transitive, literally or figuratively) to bestride, to block, to step athwart (step across so as to obstruct)
- переступи́ти доро́гу кому́сь ― perestupýty doróhu komúsʹ ― to block somebody's way
- переступи́ти шлях кому́сь ― perestupýty šljax komúsʹ ― to block somebody's path/way
- (transitive, figuratively) to overstep, to transgress, to violate (:law, norm, rule, etc.)
- Synonym: пору́шити pf (porúšyty)
- (transitive, figuratively) to cross (:limit, line, threshold, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of переступи́ти, переступи́ть (class 4c, perfective, transitive and intransitive)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “переступити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2021), “переступити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 12 (п – підку́рювач), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “переступити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “переступити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “переступити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “переступити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)