доводити

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dovoditi.

• IPA^(key): /doʋǒditi/
• Hyphenation: до‧во‧ди‧ти

дово̀дити impf (Latin spelling dovòditi)

1. (transitive) to bring, lead, take someone somewhere

• до̀вести pf

From до- (do-) +‎ води́ти (vodýty). Compare Russian доводи́ть (dovodítʹ), Belarusian даво́дзіць (davódzicʹ), Polish dowodzić.

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дово́дити • (dovódyty) impf (perfective довести́) (transitive)

1. to bring, to lead, to accompany (:somebody to a place)
2. to prove, to evidence
3. to bring, to take (to a limit)

   дово́дити до доскона́лості ― dovódyty do doskonálosti ― to bring to perfection

4. to bring, to drive, to lead (to a state, especially a negative one)

   дово́дити до ска́зу ― dovódyty do skázu ― to drive up the wall, to drive crazy, to drive nuts, to enrage

   дово́дити до сліз ― dovódyty do sliz ― to bring to tears

   дово́дити до ві́дчаю ― dovódyty do vídčaju ― to drive to despair

   дово́дити до кра́йності ― dovódyty do krájnosti ― to drive to extremes, to carry to extremes

   дово́дити до кра́йнощів ― dovódyty do krájnoščiv ― to drive to extremes, to carry to extremes

5. to finish (to complete: machine part, device component)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “доводити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “доводити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “доводити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “доводити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “доводити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “доводити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “доводити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)