трапити

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian тра́пити (trápiti), from Old Polish trapić, trafić, from Middle High German treffan, from Old High German treffan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb-, *dʰrebʰ- (to grind; crush; kill), whence also Ukrainian дроби́ти (drobýty). Compare Polish trafić, trefić from the same source.

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Verb

тра́пити (trápytypf (imperfective трапля́ти)

  1. (intransitive) to hit (to manage to touch (a target) in the right place)
    Synonyms: потра́пити (potrápyty), попа́сти (popásty), вці́лити (vcílyty), поці́лити (pocílyty), влу́чити (vlúčyty), полу́чити (polúčyty)
  2. (intransitive) to reach, to get to, to get (somewhere)
    Synonyms: потра́пити (potrápyty), попа́сти (popásty), діста́тися (distátysja)
  3. (intransitive) to end up (in), to get into (to enter (usually) unfavorable state or condition)
    Synonyms: потра́пити (potrápyty), опини́тися (opynýtysja), попа́сти (popásty), попа́стися (popástysja)
  4. (transitive, 3rd person only) to befall, to happen to
    Synonym: спітка́ти (spitkáty)

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