схопити

Ukrainian

Etymology

From с- (s-) +‎ хопи́ти (xopýty). Compare Belarusian схапі́ць (sxapícʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sxɔˈpɪte]

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Verb

схопи́ти • (sxopýty) pf (imperfective схо́плювати)

1. to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold of

   схопи́ти за го́рло ― sxopýty za hórlo ― to grab by the throat

   схопи́ти за ко́мір ― sxopýty za kómir ― to grab by the collar, to collar

   схопи́ти за ру́ку ― sxopýty za rúku ― to grab by the hand

   • 2016 [1971], Hunter S. Thompson, translated by Гєника Бєлякова [Gyenyka Byelyakova], Страх і відраза в Лас-Вегасі, translation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (in English):

     Найме́нша зами́нка виво́дила мене́ з се́бе, мені́ захоті́лося схопи́ти його́ за горля́нку й приму́сити говори́ти шви́дше.

     Najménša zamýnka vyvódyla mené z sébe, mení zaxotílosja sxopýty johó za horljánku j prymúsyty hovorýty švýdše.

     [original: The slightest hesitation made me want to grab him by the throat and force him to talk faster.]

     (literally, “The slightest hesitation drove me crazy; I wanted to grab him by the throat and force him to talk faster.”)

2. (colloquial, law enforcement) to catch, to collar, to nab, to nick

   Synonym: пійма́ти pf (pijmáty)

3. to catch, to cop (to be forced to take, receive: bad grade, blow, punishment, etc.)
4. (colloquial) to catch (:disease)

   Synonym: підхопи́ти f (pidxopýty)

5. (colloquial) to grip, to seize, to take hold of (said of condition, feeling, illness, etc.)
6. (colloquial, figuratively) to grasp (to perceive, to understand)

   схопи́ти на льо́ту ― sxopýty na lʹótu ― to grasp on the fly

7. (figuratively) to capture, to catch (to reproduce convincingly: idea, mood, spirit, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of схопи́ти, схопи́ть (class 4c, perfective, transitive)

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

perfective aspect
infinitive	схопи́ти, схопи́ть sxopýty, sxopýtʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	схо́плений sxóplenyj impersonal: схо́плено sxópleno
adverbial	—	схопи́вши sxopývšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	схоплю́ sxopljú
2nd singular ти	—	схо́пиш sxópyš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	схо́пить sxópytʹ
1st plural ми	—	схо́пим, схо́пимо sxópym, sxópymo
2nd plural ви	—	схо́пите sxópyte
3rd plural вони	—	схо́плять sxópljatʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	схопі́м, схопі́мо sxopím, sxopímo
second-person	схопи́ sxopý	схопі́ть sxopítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	схопи́в sxopýv	схопи́ли sxopýly
feminine я / ти / вона	схопи́ла sxopýla
neuter воно	схопи́ло sxopýlo

Derived terms

• схопи́тися pf (sxopýtysja)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “схопити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “схопити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “схопити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “схопити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “схопити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “схопити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)