закопати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From за- +‎ копати.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zakǒpati/
  • Hyphenation: за‧ко‧па‧ти

Verb

зако̀пати pf (Latin spelling zakòpati)

  1. (transitive) to bury (dead person, treasure etc.)

Conjugation

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zakopati. By surface analysis, за- (za-) +‎ копа́ти (kopáty). Compare Russian закопа́ть (zakopátʹ), Belarusian зака́паць (zakápacʹ), Polish zakopać.

Pronunciation

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Verb

закопа́ти (zakopátypf (imperfective зако́пувати) (transitive)

  1. to bury, to inter
    Synonyms: зари́ти pf (zarýty), погребти́ pf (pohrebtý), похова́ти pf (poxováty)
    закопа́ти живце́мzakopáty žyvcémto bury alive
    закопа́ти свій тала́нт у зе́млюzakopáty svij talánt u zémljuto let one's talent go to waste (literally, “to bury one's talent in the ground”)
  2. to dig in (cover over by digging)

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