відказати

Ukrainian

Etymology

від- (vid-) + каза́ти (kazáty). Cognate with Belarusian адказа́ць (adkazácʹ). Sense of "to refuse" was an influence of Russian отказа́ть (otkazátʹ, to deny, to refuse, to decline), otherwise a false friend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋʲidkɐˈzate]

Verb

відказа́ти • (vidkazáty) pf (imperfective відка́зувати)

  1. to answer, to respond, to reply
  2. (colloquial) to bequeath
  3. (dated or dialectal) to refuse
  4. (dialectal) to scold, to berate

Conjugation

  • відка́з (vidkáz)

References

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