вогонь

From Middle Ukrainian огонь (ohonʹ), from Old East Slavic огнь (ognĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ogňь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *úngnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís.

• IPA^(key): [wɔˈɦɔnʲ]

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вого́нь • (vohónʹ) m inan (genitive вогню́, nominative plural вогні́, genitive plural вогні́в, relational adjective вогня́ний or вогне́нний, diminutive во́гник)

1. fire
2. hearth, fireplace
3. sunlight, light, lights
4. (figuratively) sparkle in the eyes (as a reflection of an emotional state)
   • 1957, Іван Микитенко, II, 58:

     Очі йому горять упертим вогнем ― Oči jomu horjatʹ upertym vohnem ― His eyes burning with willful fire

вого́нь • (vohónʹ) m inan (genitive вогню́, uncountable)

1. (uncountable, figuratively) spiritual exaltation, inspiration
2. (uncountable, colloquial) body heat
3. (uncountable) shooting, firing (of guns)

• багаття n (bahattja) (near-synonym since it means "bonfire", which is always deliberate)
• пожежа f (požeža) (fire that takes place in a place, e.g. a wood or a house, either spontaneous or deliberate)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вогонь”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “вогонь”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)