липнути

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫɪpnʊte]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьpnǫti, synonym of *lьpěti.[1] Compare Russian ли́пнуть (lípnutʹ), Belarusian лі́пнуць (lípnucʹ).

Verb

ли́пнути • (lýpnuty) impf (intransitive) [+ до (genitive) = to]

  1. to stick, to adhere
    Synonym: прикле́юватися impf (prykléjuvatysja)
  2. (figuratively) to feel drawn (towards)
  3. (figuratively) to cling
    Synonym: чіпля́тися impf (čipljátysja)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Prefixed verbs
  • злипа́тися impf (zlypátysja), зли́пнутися pf (zlýpnutysja), зли́птися pf (zlýptysja)
  • налипа́ти impf (nalypáty), нали́пнути pf (nalýpnuty)
  • прилипа́ти impf (prylypáty), прили́пнути pf (prylýpnuty)

Etymology 2

Possibly from ли́пати (lýpaty) + -нути (-nuty). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

ли́пнути • (lýpnuty) pf (imperfective ли́пати)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) to blink
    Synonyms: клі́пнути pf (klípnuty), лу́пнути pf (lúpnuty), моргну́ти pf (morhnúty)
Conjugation

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “липнути”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 238

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