заворожити

Ukrainian

Etymology

From за- (za-) +‎ ворожи́ти (vorožýty). Compare Russian заворожи́ть (zavorožítʹ), Belarusian заваражы́ць (zavaražýcʹ).

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Verb

заворожи́ти • (zavorožýty) pf (imperfective заворо́жувати) (transitive)

1. (literally) to bewitch, to cast a spell (on), to cast spells (on), to enchant
2. (figuratively) to charm, to enchant, to captivate, to fascinate, to bewitch, to enthral, to spellbind
3. to tell fortunes, to foretell

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (literally): зачаклува́ти pf (začakluváty)
• (literally, figuratively): зачарува́ти pf (začaruváty)
• (figuratively): захопи́ти pf (zaxopýty)

Derived terms

References

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “заворожити”, 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
• “заворожити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “заворожити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 60
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “заворожити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “заворожити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “заворожити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “заворожити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)