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забити

/[zɐˈbɪte]/
Ukrainianverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to beat in, to drive in, to hammer in, to bang in, to ram in (to insert with blows: nail, post, stake, wedge, etc.)
    • Я заби́в цвях у стіну́.

      Ja zabýv cvjax u stinú.I hammered a nail into the wall.

    • заби́ти па́мороки

      zabýty pámorokyto hoodwink, to snow; to stun; to numb the mind of, to befuddle, to stupefy

  2. 2.
    to score, to bang in (:goal)
  3. 3.
    to board up, to nail shut, to nail up
  4. 4.
    to bang (to hit hard: own body part against something)
  5. 5.
    to kill
    • заби́ти козла́

      zabýty kozláto play dominoes

  6. 6.
    to take (:piece, card, etc.)
  7. 7.
    to start beating, to start pounding
  8. 8.
    colloquialto cram, to fill
    • заби́ти собі́ го́лову (чи́мось)

      zabýty sobí hólovu (čýmosʹ)to worry one's head (about something); to fill one's head (with something)

  9. 9.
    colloquialto block up, to clog, to clog up, to obstruct, to stop up
  10. 10.
    colloquialto beat back, to stifle (:feeling, sound, etc.)
  11. 11.
    colloquialto beat out, to put out, to stamp out (to extinguish: fire)
  12. 12.
    colloquialto force its way in (through cracks, gaps, etc.)
  13. 13.
    slangto stop caring
    • Я не мо́жу заби́ти на те́бе.

      Ja ne móžu zabýty na tébe.I cannot stop caring about you.

    • Він заби́в на шко́лу й пішо́в до а́рмії

      Vin zabýv na škólu j pišóv do ármijiHe stopped caring about school and went to the military.

    • Я на все́ заби́в.

      Ja na vsé zabýv.I stopped caring about everything.

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • заби́тися
  • забиття́
  • забі́й
  • заби́ти ба́ки
  • заби́ти па́мороки
Synonyms
  • вби́ти
  • запо́внити
  • уби́ти

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zabiti. By surface analysis, за- (za-, prefix) + би́ти (býty, imperfective verb). Compare Russian заби́ть (zabítʹ), Belarusian забі́ць (zabícʹ), Polish zabić.

Forms

  • заби́тиcanonical • perfective
  • zabýtyromanization
  • забива́тиimperfective
  • заби́тиinfinitive • perfective
  • заби́тьinfinitive • perfective
  • -active • perfective • present
  • -active • past • perfective
  • -passive • perfective • present
  • заби́тийpassive • past • perfective
  • impersonal: заби́тоpassive • past • perfective
  • -adverbial • perfective • present
  • заби́вшиadverbial • past • perfective
  • -first-person • perfective • present • singular
  • заб'ю́first-person • future • perfective • singular
  • -perfective • present • second-person • singular
  • заб'є́шfuture • perfective • second-person • singular
  • -perfective • present • singular • third-person
  • заб'є́future • perfective • singular • third-person
  • -first-person • perfective • plural • present
  • заб'є́мfirst-person • future • perfective • plural
  • заб'ємо́first-person • future • perfective • plural
  • -perfective • plural • present • second-person
  • заб'єте́future • perfective • plural • second-person
  • -perfective • plural • present • third-person
  • заб'ю́тьfuture • perfective • plural • third-person
  • -first-person • imperative • singular
  • заби́ймоfirst-person • imperative • plural
  • заби́йimperative • second-person • singular
  • заби́йтеimperative • plural • second-person
  • заби́вmasculine • past • singular
  • заби́лиmasculine • past • plural
  • заби́лаfeminine • past • singular
  • заби́лиfeminine • past • plural
  • заби́лоneuter • past • singular
  • заби́лиneuter • past • plural

Conjugation

Infinitive:заби́ти, заби́ть
I
-
you (sg)
-
he/she/it
-
we
-
you (pl)
-
they
-

Other Forms

gerund:-, заби́вши

Full conjugation of забити

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