Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From с- +‎ би́вати.

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  • IPA(key): /zbǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: зби‧ва‧ти

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зби́вати impf (Latin spelling zbívati)

  1. (reflexive) to happen, occur

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Etymology edit

From зби́ти (zbýty) +‎ -ва́ти (-váty). Compare Russian сбива́ть (sbivátʹ), Belarusian збіва́ць (zbivácʹ), Polish zbijać.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zbeˈʋate]
  • (file)

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збива́ти (zbyvátyimpf (perfective зби́ти) (transitive)

  1. to knock down
  2. to shoot down, to bring down, to down
  3. to knock off (to remove by hitting)
  4. to beat off (to remove by beating)
  5. to knock off course, to throw off course
  6. to throw off (to confuse)
  7. to wear down (:footwear, surface, etc.)
  8. (colloquial, literally) to beat together, to knock together
  9. to hammer together, to nail together
  10. to bring together
  11. to churn
  12. to beat, to whisk, to whip up (:cream, eggs, etc.)

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