заточити

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zatǒt͡ʃiti/
  • Hyphenation: за‧то‧чи‧ти

Verb

зато̀чити pf (Latin spelling zatòčiti)

  1. (transitive) to detain, confine, imprison, hold captive

Conjugation

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From за- (za-) +‎ точи́ти (točýty, to sharpen, to whet).

Verb

заточи́ти (zatočýtypf (imperfective зато́чувати)

  1. (transitive) to sharpen
    Synonyms: наточи́ти (natočýty), загостри́ти (zahostrýty), нагостри́ти (nahostrýty)
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Etymology 2

за- (za-) +‎ точи́ти (točýty, to roll).

Verb

заточи́ти (zatočýtypf (imperfective зато́чувати) (transitive)

  1. (dialectal) to roll (into, under, onto)
    Synonym: закоти́ти (zakotýty)
  2. (colloquial) to rock, to swing, to sway
    Synonyms: ки́дати (kýdaty), тріпа́ти (tripáty), колиха́ти (kolyxáty)
  3. (colloquial) to cause to skid
    Synonym: зано́сити (zanósyty)
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Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic заточити (zatočiti, to send away, to exile, to banish), possibly via Russian заточи́ть (zatočítʹ). By surface analysis, за- (za-) +‎ точи́ти (točýty, to cause to run).

Verb

заточи́ти (zatočýtypf (imperfective зато́чувати)

  1. (transitive, higher register) to lock away, to imprison, to confine, to incarcerate
    Synonym: ув'я́знити (uvʺjáznyty)
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