валятися

From валя́ти (valjáty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian валя́ться (valjátʹsja), Belarusian валя́цца (valjácca), Polish walać się.

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валя́тися • (valjátysja) impf

1. to lie, to lie about, to lie around (idly or due to illness or exhaustion)
2. to lie idle
3. to lie about, to lie around, to be strewn (untidily)

   валя́тися під нога́ми (idiomatic: of ideas, opportunities, resources, etc., to be readily accessible)

   valjátysja pid nohámy

   to be at one's fingertips, to be under one's nose, to lie at one's feet

   (literally, “to lie under one's feet”)

   на доро́зі/ву́лиці не валя́тися (idiomatic: to be rare and valuable)

   na dorózi/vúlyci ne valjátysja

   not to grow on trees, not to be a dime a dozen

   (literally, “not to lie on the road/street”)

• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “валятися”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 48
• “валятися”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970), “валятися”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – В), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 287
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “валятися”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “валятися”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “валятися”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “валятися”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)