зводити

From з- (z-) +‎ води́ти (vodýty). Compare Russian своди́ть impf or pf (svodítʹ), Belarusian зво́дзіць impf (zvódzicʹ) and звадзі́ць pf (zvadzícʹ), Polish zwodzić.

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зво́дити • (zvódyty) impf (perfective звести́) (transitive)

1. to lead, to take (from somewhere)

   не зво́дити оче́й / по́гляду з (+ genitive) ― ne zvódyty očéj / póhljadu z ― not to take one's eyes from (someone/something)

   зво́дити з ро́зуму / ума́ ― zvódyty z rózumu / umá ― to drive crazy (literally, “to lead from reason”)

   зво́дити зі сві́ту ― zvódyty zi svítu ― to lead to the death of (literally, “to lead/take from the world”)

   зво́дити в моги́лу ― zvódyty v mohýlu ― to lead/send (someone) to one's grave

2. to bring

   зво́дити розмо́ву на (+ accusative) ― zvódyty rozmóvu na ― to bring/shift the conversation to (a topic)

3. to raise

   зво́дити куро́к ― zvódyty kurók ― to cock (literally, “to raise the cocking piece/handle (of a firearm)”)

4. to build, to erect
5. to bring together (to gather, to move closer to each other)

   зво́дити доку́пи ― zvódyty dokúpy ― to bring together

   зво́дити плечи́ма ― zvódyty plečýma ― to shrug one's shoulders

   зво́дити кінці́ з кінця́ми ― zvódyty kincí z kincjámy ― to make ends meet (literally, “to bring together ends with ends”)

   зво́дити дух ― zvódyty dux ― to catch one's breath, to gather breath

6. to reconcile, to settle (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance)

   зво́дити раху́нки з (+ instrumental) ― zvódyty raxúnky z ― to settle a score with, to square accounts with (someone)

7. (colloquial) to bring together (to cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness)
8. to blame, to lay (to impute)

   зво́дити на́клеп на (+ accusative) ― zvódyty náklep na ― to calumniate, to cast aspersions on, to libel, to malign, to slander, to traduce

9. to lead astray

   зво́дити на манівці́ (idiomatic) ― zvódyty na manivcí ― to lead astray; to lead up the garden path (literally, “to lead onto a detour”)

10. to seduce
11. to reduce (to bring to an inferior state or condition)

    зво́дити наніве́ць ― zvódyty nanivécʹ ― to reduce/bring to nothing, to bring to nought, to nullify

12. to cramp (to affect with cramps or spasms)

    Near-synonym: судо́мити impf (sudómyty)

13. to bring down, to boil down, to reduce (to diminish or simplify)

    зво́дити до мі́німуму ― zvódyty do mínimumu ― to reduce to a minimum, to minimize

    зво́дити до спі́льного знаме́нника ― zvódyty do spílʹnoho znaménnyka ― to reduce to a common denominator

зводи́ти • (zvodýty) pf

1. (transitive) to take (:someone somewhere and back)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “зводити”, 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, page 807
• “зводити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “зводити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 492
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “зводити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “зводити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “зводити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зводити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)