задавити

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zadaviti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zadǎːʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: за‧да‧ви‧ти

Verb

зада́вити pf (Latin spelling zadáviti)

  1. (transitive) to strangle, choke

Conjugation

References

Ukrainian

Etymology

From за- (za-) + дави́ти (davýty). Compare Russian задави́ть (zadavítʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐdɐˈʋɪte]

Verb

задави́ти • (zadavýty) pf (imperfective зада́влювати)

  1. (chiefly perfective) to crush (to death)
  2. to strangle (to kill by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply)
    Synonym: задуши́ти pf (zadušýty)
  3. to crush (to overcome completely; to subdue totally)
    Synonym: придуши́ти pf (prydušýty)
  4. (figuratively) to stifle, to suppress (:cough, cry, voice, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • зада́влений (zadávlenyj)
  • задави́тися pf (zadavýtysja)

References

Further reading

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