плаваць

See also: пляваць

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plavati (swim, sail). Cognates include Ukrainian пла́вати (plávaty) and Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ).

Verb

пла́ваць (plávacʹ) impf (perfective папла́ваць or паплы́ць)

  1. to float
  2. to sail
  3. to swim

Usage notes

Плаваць and паплаваць are in the class of Belarusian abstract verbs. Their counterparts, плыць and паплыць, are concrete verbs.

Conjugation

Derived terms

imperfective

  • прыплыва́ць (pryplyvácʹ)
  • пераплыва́ць (pjeraplyvácʹ)

perfective

  • пераплы́сці (pjeraplýsci)
  • прыплы́сці (pryplýsci)
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