ложити

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ložiti.

• IPA^(key): /lǒʒiti/
• Hyphenation: ло‧жи‧ти

ло̀жити impf (Latin spelling lòžiti)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to stoke (a fire)
2. (transitive, intransitive) to light, ignite (a fire)

• “ложити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Old East Slavic ложити (ložiti), from Proto-Slavic *ložiti. Causative of лежа́ти (ležáty). Cognate with Russian ложить (ložitʹ), Belarusian лажыць (lažycʹ), Czech ložit, and Polish łożyć.

• IPA^(key):

ложи́ти • (ložýty) impf (perfective положи́ти)

1. (colloquial, proscribed) to lay, to put, to place

   Synonym: кла́сти (klásty)

• The imperfective form ложи́ти (without any prefixes) is considered non-standard in modern Ukrainian. The verb кла́сти (klásty) should be used instead.
• Ложи́ти is often used colloquially (sometimes much more often than the standard класти (klasty)).
• The prefixed forms of ложи́ти are considered standard and are sometimes used as perfectives for the derivatives of -клада́ти (-kladáty) in parallel with the prefixed forms of кла́сти (klásty) (e.g. заложи́ти (založýty) can act as a perfective for заклада́ти (zakladáty) alongside закла́сти (zaklásty)), however the prefixed forms of ложи́ти and класти (klasty) are often not identical in meaning (compare обложи́ти (obložýty) and обкла́сти (obklásty)).

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