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узятися

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Ukrainian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From узя́ти (uzjáty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Belarusian узя́цца (uzjácca).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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узя́тися (uzjátysjapf (imperfective бра́тися)

  1. to grasp, to take hold of (with one's hands) [with за (za, + accusative)]
    узя́тися за ру́киuzjátysja za rúkyto take each other's hands
    узя́тися за го́ловуuzjátysja za hólovuto take one's head in one's hands
  2. to take up [with за (za, + accusative)] (to pick up: tool, object to be worked upon, etc.)
  3. to set about, to set to, to start, to undertake [with за (za, + accusative) or до (do, + genitive) or infinitive] (to start doing or to devote oneself to some task)
  4. to set about dealing with, to tackle [with за (za, + accusative) or до (do, + genitive) ‘someone’]
  5. (figuratively, rare) to resort to, to take to [with на (na, + accusative) or до (do, + genitive) ‘action, measure, etc.’]
    Synonym: вда́тися pf (vdátysja)
  6. (dated) to take each other in marriage
  7. to appear, to emerge (somewhere or from somewhere)
    Synonyms: з'яви́тися pf (zʺjavýtysja), ви́никнути pf (výnyknuty)
    Узя́вся моро́з.Uzjávsja moróz.Frost appeared/set in/took hold.
  8. to take [with до (do, + genitive) or за (za, + accusative) ‘on something’] (to adhere, to stick)
  9. to take on [with instrumental ‘a covering, a visual aspect’]

Usage notes

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  • The forms узя́тися (uzjátysja) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and взя́тися (vzjátysja) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Conjugation

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