громити

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian громи́ти (hromíti), from Old East Slavic громити (gromiti), from Proto-Slavic *gromiti. By surface analysis, гром- (hrom-) +‎ -ити (-yty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦrɔˈmɪte]

Verb

громи́ти • (hromýtyimpf (perfective розгроми́ти or погроми́ти) (transitive)

  1. to destroy, to smash
  2. to raid, to ransack
  3. to defeat, strike down, to crush, to rout
  4. (figuratively) to scold, to inveigh, to rail, to fulminate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • громи́тися impf (hromýtysja)
Prefixed verbs
  • погроми́ти pf (pohromýty)
  • пригроми́тися pf (pryhromýtysja)
  • розгроми́ти pf (rozhromýty), розни́зувати impf (roznýzuvaty)
  • розгроми́тися pf (rozhromýtysja), розни́зуватися impf (roznýzuvatysja)

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