простирати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From про̀стрије̄ти / про̀стре̄ти.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prǒstirati/
  • Hyphenation: про‧сти‧ра‧ти

Verb

про̀стирати impf (Latin spelling pròstirati)

  1. imperfective form of про̀стрије̄ти
  2. imperfective form of про̀стре̄ти

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian простирати (prostirati), from Old East Slavic *простирати (*prostirati), from Proto-Slavic *prostirati.

Pronunciation

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Verb

простира́ти (prostyrátyimpf (perfective просте́рти) (transitive)

  1. 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)
  2. to spread, to spread out (limbs, individual rays, etc.)
    Synonyms: розправля́ти (rozpravljáty), розво́дити (rozvódyty), розпуска́ти (rozpuskáty), розкида́ти (rozkydáty), розставля́ти (rozstavljáty), розкаря́чувати (rozkarjáčuvaty)
  3. (rare) to spread, to expand (to make (something) widely known or present)
    Synonyms: поши́рювати (pošýrjuvaty), ши́рити (šýryty)
  4. (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)

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