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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian просте́рти (prostérti), from Old East Slavic простерети (prostereti), from Proto-Slavic *prosterti.
Pronunciation
Verb
просте́рти • (prostérty) pf (imperfective простира́ти) (transitive)
- to stretch out, to stick out, to extend (one's hand(s))
- Synonyms: простяга́ти (prostjaháty), простя́гувати (prostjáhuvaty), протяга́ти (protjaháty), протя́гувати (protjáhuvaty), витяга́ти (vytjaháty), витя́гувати (vytjáhuvaty), випро́стувати (vypróstuvaty), випросто́вувати (vyprostóvuvaty)
- to spread, to spread out (limbs, individual rays, etc.)
- Synonyms: розправля́ти (rozpravljáty), розво́дити (rozvódyty), розпуска́ти (rozpuskáty), розкида́ти (rozkydáty), розставля́ти (rozstavljáty), розкаря́чувати (rozkarjáčuvaty)
- (rare) to spread, to expand (to make (something) widely known or present)
- Synonyms: поши́рювати (pošýrjuvaty), ши́рити (šýryty)
- (rare) to spread, to spread out (to stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space)
- Synonyms: стели́ти (stelýty), сла́ти (sláty), розстила́ти (rozstyláty), розсте́лювати (rozstéljuvaty)
Conjugation
Conjugation of просте́рти (class 9b, perfective, transitive, irregular)
Derived terms
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “простерти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “простерти”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “простерти”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “простерти”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “простерти”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “простерти”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)