розбестити

Ukrainian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Polish rozbestwić (to imbrute). By surface analysis, роз- (roz-) + бе́стія (béstija) + -ити (-yty).[1] Compare Belarusian разбэ́сціць (razbéscicʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɔzˈbɛstete]
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Verb

розбе́стити • (rozbéstyty) pf (imperfective розбе́щувати) (transitive)

  1. to corrupt, to debauch, to deprave, to pervert (erode the moral adherence of; influence someone to behave badly)
    Synonyms: деморалізува́ти pf (demoralizuváty), зіпсува́ти pf (zipsuváty)
  2. to spoil (ruin the character of by overindulgence; allow to become undisciplined)
    Synonyms: розпе́стити pf (rozpéstyty), розпусти́ти pf (rozpustýty)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • розбе́ститися impf (rozbéstytysja)
  • розбе́щений (rozbéščenyj)
  • розбе́щеність f (rozbéščenistʹ)
  • розбе́щення n (rozbéščennja)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “розбестити”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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