викопати

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vykopati. By surface analysis, ви́- (vý-) + копа́ти (kopáty). Compare Russian вы́копать (výkopatʹ), Belarusian вы́капаць (výkapacʹ), Polish wykopać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɪkɔpɐte]
  • (file)

Verb

ви́копати • (výkopaty) pf (imperfective вико́пувати) (transitive)

  1. to dig (:ditch, hole, grave, well, etc.)
  2. to dig out, to dig up, to excavate (:buried or planted thing)
    Hyponym: ексгумува́ти pf (ekshumuváty)
  3. (figurative) to dig up (uncover or find)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ви́копатися pf (výkopatysja)

Further reading

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