знайомий
an
acquaintance
Parts of speech
Nouns |
знайомство, gen. знайомства - acquaintance, familiarity |
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Adjectives |
знайомий, gen. знайомого - an acquaintance (masculine) знайома, gen. знайомої - an acquaintance (feminine) знайомі, gen. знайомих - acquaintances (plural) |
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Adverbs |
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Verbs |
(по)знайомитися (з) - to become acquainted (with), get to know |
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Additional information
1. знайомий etc. are not nouns in Ukrainian, they are present participles of the verb знати (to know), formed from its stem знай-. For this reason these words have adjectival endings.
Related words
знати - to know
знання - knowledge
пізнавати, пізнати - to get to know, become familiar with, recognise