задушити
Ukrainian
editEtymology
editFrom за- (za-) + души́ти (dušýty). Compare Russian задуши́ть (zadušítʹ), Belarusian задушы́ць (zadušýcʹ), Polish zadusić.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editзадуши́ти • (zadušýty) pf (imperfective заду́шувати) (transitive)
- to strangle, to throttle (to kill by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply)
- to suffocate, to asphyxiate, to choke, to smother, to stifle (to cause to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply; to obstruct the respiration of)
- (figuratively) to suffocate (to overwhelm)
- (figuratively) to smother, to stifle (to reduce to a low degree of vigour or activity; to hold back, or repress)
Conjugation
editConjugation of задуши́ти, задуши́ть (class 4b, perfective, transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | задуши́ти, задуши́ть zadušýty, zadušýtʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | заду́шений zadúšenyj impersonal: заду́шено zadúšeno |
| adverbial | — | задуши́вши zadušývšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | задушу́ zadušú |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | задуши́ш zadušýš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | задуши́ть zadušýtʹ |
| 1st plural ми |
— | задуши́м, задушимо́ zadušým, zadušymó |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | задушите́ zadušyté |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | задуша́ть zadušátʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | задуші́м, задуші́мо zaduším, zadušímo |
| second-person | задуши́ zadušý |
задуші́ть zadušítʹ |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
задуши́в zadušýv |
задуши́ли zadušýly |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
задуши́ла zadušýla | |
| neuter воно |
задуши́ло zadušýlo | |
Derived terms
edit- заду́ха f (zadúxa)
- заду́шення n (zadúšennja)
- задуши́тися pf (zadušýtysja)
References
edit- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “задушити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “задушити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
edit- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “задушити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “задушити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “задушити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “задушити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “задушити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)