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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian щасти́ти, счасти́ти (ščastíti, sčastíti), from Proto-Slavic *sъčęstiti. By surface analysis, щастя (ščastja) + -ити (-yty).
Pronunciation
Verb
щасти́ти • (ščastýty) impf (perfective пощасти́ти)
- (impersonal with dative case) to be lucky, to have luck, to be fortunate, to succeed
Йому́ завжди щасти́ть.- Jomú zavždy ščastýtʹ.
- He is always lucky.
Їй ду́же щасти́ть з гроши́ма.- Jij dúže ščastýtʹ z hrošýma.
- She is very lucky with money.
- to be lucky enough, to have the good fortune (to do: + infinitive)
- (transitive, archaic, colloquial) to make happy, to gladden
Conjugation
Conjugation of щасти́ти, щасти́ть (class 4b, imperfective, intransitive, impersonal)
Synonyms
- (to be lucky (enough)): удава́тися, вдава́тися (udavátysja, vdavátysja), везти́ (veztý), вести́ся (vestýsja), йти́ся, іти́ся (jtýsja, itýsja), щасти́тися (ščastýtysja), форту́нити (fortúnyty)
- (make happy): ра́дувати (ráduvaty), ті́шити (tíšyty), втіша́ти (vtišáty), потіша́ти (potišáty), ощасли́влювати (oščaslývljuvaty), щасли́вити (ščaslývyty)
Derived terms
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “щастити”, 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), “щастити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “щастити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “щастити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “щастити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “щастити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)