уп'ять
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- вп'я́ть (vpʺjátʹ)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *pęta (“heel”). See оп'я́ть (opʺjátʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʊˈpjatʲ]
Adverb
уп'я́ть • (upʺjátʹ)
- (colloquial or dialectal) again (occurring another time)
- Synonyms: знов (znov), зно́ву (znóvu), оп'я́ть (opʺjátʹ)
Usage notes
- The forms уп'я́ть (upʺjátʹ) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and вп'ять (vpʺjatʹ) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “уп'я́ть”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “уп'я́ть”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “вп'я́ть”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN