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zaviti

//zǎʋiti//
Serbo-Croatianverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to wrap
    • zaviti u crno

      (1) to make (someone/oneself) unhappy by getting someone killed; (2) to get (someone/oneself) into trouble

  2. 2.
    to screw in (a screw, valve, etc.)
  3. 3.
    to wrap oneself
  4. 4.
    to howl (of a wolf, bear, etc.)
  5. 5.
    to start to wail (of the wind)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zavìti. Compare Russian зави́ть (zavítʹ), Czech zavít. By surface analysis, za- + vȉti. First attested in the 14th century.

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