позеленіти

Ukrainian

edit

Etymology

edit

From по- (po-) +‎ зелені́ти (zeleníty). Compare Russian позелене́ть (pozelenétʹ), Belarusian пазеляне́ць (pazjeljanjécʹ), Polish pozielenić.

Pronunciation

edit
  This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

Verb

edit

позелені́ти (pozelenítypf (imperfective зелені́ти) (intransitive)

  1. (third person only) to become green, to go green, to turn green
  2. (colloquial) to go green, to go green about the gills, to turn green (obtain a pallid complexion due to illness, fright, envy etc.)

Conjugation

edit

Further reading

edit