ударяти

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• вдаря́ти pf (vdarjáty)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ударя́ти (udarjáti). By surface analysis, удар- (udar-) +‎ -яти (-jaty). Compare Old Ruthenian удара́ти (udaráti), Old Church Slavonic оударати (udarati), Serbo-Croatian у̀дарати, Russian ударя́ть (udarjátʹ).

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Verb

ударя́ти • (udarjáty) impf (perfective уда́рити)

1. (transitive) to hit, to strike, to smite (to deal a blow)
2. (transitive) to punch
3. (transitive) to shoot, to fire (firearms, artillery)
4. (transitive) to hit, to strike (of projectiles, lightning)
5. (transitive, figuratively) to strike (to have a sharp or severe effect)
6. (transitive, figuratively, colloquial) to start doing something vigorously
7. (transitive) to ring, to make sound with (by striking something)
8. (transitive, figuratively) to play, to sing
9. (intransitive, figuratively) to ring out, to sound loudly
10. (intransitive, figuratively) to overwhelm with intensity (of sound, light, smell)
11. (intransitive, figuratively) to suddenly start, to manifest severely/intensely (of natural phenomena)
12. (intransitive) to gush, to geyser, to burst out
13. (intransitive) to hit, to strike (against)

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Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ударяти”, 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), “ударяти”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ударяти”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “ударяти”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “ударяти”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “ударяти”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)