зичити

• жи́чити (žýčyty) (without mazurzenie)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian зы́чыти (zýčyti), from Polish zyczyć, mazurzenie of życzyć, from Proto-Slavic *žitъčiti.

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зи́чити • (zýčyty) impf

1. (ditransitive) (+genitive with the direct object and +dative with the indirect) to wish (to bestow a thought or gesture towards someone or something)

зи́чити • (zýčyty) impf (perfective пози́чити)

1. (transitive, dialectal) to borrow
2. (transitive, dialectal) to lend

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “зи́чити”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 263
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “зи́чити”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зи́чити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “зи́чити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN