завалити
Ukrainian
Etymology
From за- (za-) + вали́ти (valýty). Compare Russian завали́ть (zavalítʹ), Belarusian завалі́ць (zavalícʹ), Czech zavalit, Polish zawalić.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɐʋɐˈɫɪte]
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Verb
завали́ти • (zavalýty) pf (imperfective зава́лювати) (transitive)
- to cover (with thrown or fallen things)
- to pile (to cover with heaps)
- to fill, to fill up (with thrown or fallen things)
- to block, to block up (with thrown or fallen things)
- (figurative, colloquial) to bury, to inundate, to overload, to snow under, to swamp (to overburden or overwhelm with e.g. work, responsibility)
- to collapse (to cause to collapse)
- (figurative, colloquial) to mess up (to botch, bungle; to perform poorly on)
- (figurative, colloquial) to fail, to flunk (not to pass: exam, test, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of завали́ти, завали́ть (class 4c, perfective, transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | завали́ти, завали́ть zavalýty, zavalýtʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | зава́лений zaválenyj impersonal: зава́лено zaváleno |
| adverbial | — | завали́вши zavalývšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | завалю́ zavaljú |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | зава́лиш zavályš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | зава́лить zaválytʹ |
| 1st plural ми |
— | зава́лим, зава́лимо zaválym, zaválymo |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | зава́лите zavályte |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | зава́лять zaváljatʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | завалі́м, завалі́мо zavalím, zavalímo |
| second-person | завали́ zavalý |
завалі́ть zavalítʹ |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
завали́в zavalýv |
завали́ли zavalýly |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
завали́ла zavalýla | |
| neuter воно |
завали́ло zavalýlo | |
Derived terms
- зава́л m (zavál)
- зава́лення n (zaválennja)
- зава́листий (zaválystyj)
- завали́тися pf (zavalýtysja)
- зава́лище n (zavályšče)
- за́валь f (závalʹ)
- зава́льни́й (zaválʹnýj)
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “завалити”, 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, page 57
- “завалити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “завалити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 35
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “завалити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “завалити”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “завалити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “завалити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)