потягтися

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From потягти́ (potjahtý) +‎ -ся (-sja).

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Verb

потягти́ся (potjahtýsjapf (imperfective потяга́тися or потя́гуватися)

  1. to stretch (to extend one’s limbs or another part of the body)
    Synonym: потягну́тися pf (potjahnútysja)

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Verb

потягти́ся (potjahtýsjapf (imperfective тягти́ся or тягну́тися)

  1. to reach, to reach out
    • 1988, Valentyn Chemerys, Фортеця на Борисфені:
      Вона потяглася до нього вологими губами, і він припав до них, як до криниці з живлющою водою, []
      Vona potjahlasja do nʹoho volohymy hubamy, i vin prypav do nyx, jak do krynyci z žyvljuščoju vodoju, []
      She reached out to him with wet lips, and he fell to them, as to a well of life-giving water,
  2. to stretch (to extend itself physically)
  3. to drag, to be dragged
  4. (colloquial) to trail, to traipse (move, especially slowly and/or behind somebody/something)
  5. (of time) to drag, to drag on
  6. to stretch, to extend (have a certain spatial extent, especially across, to a point or from point to point)
  7. (figuratively) to stretch oneself, to strive (to make an effort)

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