звалити

From з- (z-) +‎ вали́ти (valýty). Compare Russian свали́ть (svalítʹ), Belarusian звалі́ць (zvalícʹ), Polish zwalić.

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звали́ти • (zvalýty) pf (imperfective зва́лювати)

1. (transitive) to knock down, to knock over, to topple, to fell
2. (transitive) to bring down, to lay low (to cause to fall or lie down)
3. (transitive) to dump, to throw down (to cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully)
4. (transitive) to throw (a heavy load)
5. (transitive, figuratively) to dump, to put, to shift, to throw (blame, responsibility)
6. (intransitive, slang) to beat it, to leave

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

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “звалити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 459
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “звалити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “звалити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “звалити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “звалити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)