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Ukrainian
Etymology
From пі- (pi-) + -йма́ти (-jmáty). Compare Russian пойма́ть (pojmátʹ), Polish pojmać.
Pronunciation
Verb
пійма́ти • (pijmáty) pf
- to catch (to seize or intercept an object moving through the air)
- Synonyms: схопи́ти pf (sxopýty), підхопи́ти pf (pidxopýty)
- to catch (to capture or snare someone or something which would rather escape)
- Synonyms: схопи́ти pf (sxopýty), спійма́ти pf (spijmáty), впійма́ти pf (vpijmáty), упійма́ти pf (upijmáty), злови́ти pf (zlovýty)
- to catch (to unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise)
- Synonyms: спійма́ти pf (spijmáty), впійма́ти pf (vpijmáty), упійма́ти pf (upijmáty), злови́ти pf (zlovýty)
- пійма́ти на гаря́чому ― pijmáty na harjáčomu ― to catch in the act, to catch red-handed
- (figuratively, colloquial) to catch, (to grasp mentally; perceive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of пійма́ти, пійма́ть (class 1a, perfective, transitive)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “піймати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2022), “піймати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 13 (підку́са – покі́рно), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “піймати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “піймати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “піймати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “піймати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “піймати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)