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звити

/[ˈzʋɪte]/
Ukrainianverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to twine, to weave, to plait, to twist
    • зви́ти віно́к

      zvýty vinókto weave / make a wreath

    • зви́ти гніздо́

      zvýty hnizdóto make / build a nest

  2. 2.
    to roll up, to furl, to fold up, to wind up
  3. 3.
    colloquialto whirl up, to swirl up (leaves, dust, etc.)
  4. 4.
    dialectalto wave, to curl, to frizz (hair)
  5. 5.
    dialectalto wind up, to wind down, to terminate

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • зви́тися
  • зви́ток
  • звиття́
  • звій
  • зві́ток
Synonyms
  • сплести́
  • ви́плести
  • зсука́ти
  • згорну́ти
  • змота́ти
  • скрути́ти
  • скача́ти
  • зави́ти
  • скучеря́вити

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian зви́ти (zvíti), from Old East Slavic съвити, *възвити (sŭviti, *vŭzviti) and извити (izviti), from Proto-Slavic *sъviti, *vъzviti and *jьzviti. By surface analysis, з- (z-) + вити (vyty).

Forms

  • зви́тиcanonical • perfective
  • zvýtyromanization
  • звива́тиimperfective
  • зви́тиinfinitive • perfective
  • звитьinfinitive • perfective
  • -active • perfective • present
  • -active • past • perfective
  • -passive • perfective • present
  • зви́тийpassive • past • perfective
  • impersonal: зви́тоpassive • past • perfective
  • -adverbial • perfective • present
  • зви́вшиadverbial • past • perfective
  • -first-person • perfective • present • singular
  • зів'ю́first-person • future • perfective • singular
  • -perfective • present • second-person • singular
  • зів'є́шfuture • perfective • second-person • singular
  • -perfective • present • singular • third-person
  • зів'є́future • perfective • singular • third-person
  • -first-person • perfective • plural • present
  • зів'є́мfirst-person • future • perfective • plural
  • зів'ємо́first-person • future • perfective • plural
  • -perfective • plural • present • second-person
  • зів'єте́future • perfective • plural • second-person
  • -perfective • plural • present • third-person
  • зів'ю́тьfuture • perfective • plural • third-person
  • -first-person • imperative • singular
  • зви́ймоfirst-person • imperative • plural
  • звийimperative • second-person • singular
  • зви́йтеimperative • plural • second-person
  • звивmasculine • past • singular
  • зви́лиmasculine • past • plural
  • зви́лаfeminine • past • singular
  • зви́лиfeminine • past • plural
  • зви́лоneuter • past • singular
  • зви́лиneuter • past • plural
  • ізви́тиalternative
  • зви́нутиalternative
  • ізви́нутиalternative

Conjugation

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

Other Forms

gerund:-, зви́вши

Full conjugation of звити

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