прокладати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From the проклад- stem of прокла́сти (proklásty) +‎ -а́ти (-áty). Compare Belarusian праклада́ць (prakladácʹ), Russian прокла́дывать (prokládyvatʹ), Czech prokládat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prɔkɫɐˈdate]

Verb

проклада́ти • (prokladátyimpf (perfective прокла́сти) (transitive)

  1. to lay (:cables, paths, pipes, rails, roads, etc.)
  2. to carve out (:furrow, path behind oneself)
    проклада́ти бо́рознуprokladáty bóroznuto carve out a furrow
  3. (figuratively) to pave (:way), to carve out (:path), to blaze (:trail)
    проклада́ти доро́гу / шлях
    prokladáty doróhu / šljax
    to pave a way, to pave the way, to carve out a path, to blaze a trail
  4. to chart, to plot (to draw or figure out: course, route, etc. on a map, screen, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • проклада́льник m (prokladálʹnyk)
  • проклада́ння n (prokladánnja)
  • проклада́тися impf (prokladátysja)
  • проклада́ч m (prokladáč)

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