Parts of speech
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стеління - (the action of) laying or spreading |
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Verbs |
(по)стелити - to lay, spread, strew; make up a bed |
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(по)стелитися - to spread, trail, drift (of smoke, fog etc.) застеляти (застилати), застелити- to cover |
Useful compounds |
застеляти килимом - to (lay a) carpet постелити постіль - to make up a/the bed |
Additional information
1. the verb стелити and its variant слати (from the Old Slavonic постьлɑти) have given rise to a number of everyday derivatives; many relate to the minutiae of agriculture, but several (below) are in use today
2 from a traditional Christmas carol: 'Застеляйте столи та ще й килимами, радуйся! ой радуйся, Земле, Син Божий народився' - 'Lay the tables with fine cloth, o rejoice! rejoice, o Earth, the Son of God is born'; currently the phrase 'накрити (на) стіл' is used for 'to lay the table'.
Related words
стеля - ceiling
постіль, постеля - bedding, also bed
устілка - insole (of shoe)