вказати

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• указа́ти (ukazáty)

Etymology

From в- (v-) +‎ каза́ти (kazáty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʍkɐˈzate]

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Verb

вказа́ти • (vkazáty) pf (imperfective вка́зувати)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to point to, to point out, to indicate (+ direct object, на (accusative), куди́сь, etc.) (to gesture in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it)
2. (transitive or intransitive) to indicate, to point out, to specify (+ direct object, на (accusative) or infinitive) (to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known)

   якщо́ не вка́зано і́нше ― jakščó ne vkázano ínše ― unless otherwise indicated

3. (colloquial, intransitive) to tell, to direct, to give orders [with dative ‘to somebody’]

Usage notes

• The forms вказа́ти (vkazáty) (used after vowels) and указа́ти (ukazáty) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Conjugation

Conjugation of вказа́ти, вказа́ть (class 6c, perfective, transitive and intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	вказа́ти, вказа́ть vkazáty, vkazátʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	вка́заний vkázanyj impersonal: вка́зано vkázano
adverbial	—	вказа́вши vkazávšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	вкажу́ vkažú
2nd singular ти	—	вка́жеш vkážeš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	вка́же vkáže
1st plural ми	—	вка́жем, вка́жемо vkážem, vkážemo
2nd plural ви	—	вка́жете vkážete
3rd plural вони	—	вка́жуть vkážutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	вкажі́м, вкажі́мо vkažím, vkažímo
second-person	вкажи́ vkažý	вкажі́ть vkažítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	вказа́в vkazáv	вказа́ли vkazály
feminine я / ти / вона	вказа́ла vkazála
neuter воно	вказа́ло vkazálo

Derived terms

• вказі́вка f (vkazívka)
• вказівни́й (vkazivnýj)
• вказівни́к m (vkazivnýk)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1979), “указати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (Т – Ф), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 414
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “вказати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 161
• “вказати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “вказати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “вказати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “вказати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “вказати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)