відступати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From від- (vid-) + ступа́ти (stupáty). Compare Russian отступа́ть (otstupátʹ), Belarusian адступа́ць (adstupácʹ), Polish odstępować.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋʲid͡zstʊˈpate]
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Verb

відступа́ти • (vidstupáty) impf (perfective відступи́ти)

  1. (intransitive, literally) to back away, to back off, to step away, to step back, to withdraw
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to recede, to retreat (move back; become less extensive)
  3. (intransitive, military) to retreat, to fall back, to pull back, to withdraw
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to back down (withdraw from a commitment or position)
  5. (intransitive, figuratively) to depart, to deviate, to digress (from a law, norm, rule, theme, etc.)
  6. (intransitive) to be set back (leave free space next to it)
  7. (transitive) to cede (:property or right to somebody)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • відступа́льний (vidstupálʹnyj)
  • відступа́ння n (vidstupánnja)
  • відступа́тися impf (vidstupátysja)
  • відступа́ючий (vidstupájučyj)

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