запалити

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zapaliti.

• IPA^(key): /zapǎːliti/
• Hyphenation: за‧па‧ли‧ти

запа́лити pf (Latin spelling zapáliti)

1. (transitive) to set fire to, set on fire, kindle, light up, ignite
2. (transitive) to commit arson
3. (reflexive) to catch fire, begin to burn

• “запалити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zapaliti. By surface analysis, за- (za-) +‎ пали́ти (palýty). Compare Russian запали́ть (zapalítʹ), Belarusian запалі́ць (zapalícʹ), Polish zapalić.

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запали́ти • (zapalýty) pf (imperfective запа́лювати) (transitive)

1. (literally) to light, to light up, to ignite (cause to burn: cigarette, flame, furnace, match, stove, torch etc.)

   Synonym: розпали́ти pf (rozpalýty)

2. (literally) to turn on (:light source)

   Synonym: засвіти́ти pf (zasvitýty)

3. (figuratively) to fire up (excite or inspire: person)

   Synonyms: збуди́ти pf (zbudýty), надихну́ти pf (nadyxnúty), натхну́ти pf (natxnúty)

4. (figuratively) to inflame, to kindle (:emotion)

   Synonyms: збуди́ти pf (zbudýty), розпали́ти pf (rozpalýty)

запали́ти • (zapalýty) pf (transitive)

1. (veterinary medicine) to induce heaves in (:overheated horse) by cooling it down
2. (colloquial) to drive too hard (:horse)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “запалити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “запалити”, 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
• “запалити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “запалити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)