From на- (na-) +‎ городи́ти (horodýty). Compare Russian награди́ть (nagradítʹ), Polish nagrodzić.

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нагороди́ти • (nahorodýty) pf (imperfective нагоро́джувати) (transitive)

1. to reward, to award (to give a reward to)

   Synonym: ви́нагородити pf (výnahorodyty)

   Near-synonym: присуди́ти pf (prysudýty)

2. (figuratively, colloquial) to endow (to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality)

   Synonym: наділи́ти pf (nadilýty)

нагороди́ти • (nahorodýty) pf (imperfective нагоро́джувати) (colloquial)

1. (transitive) to build up (in large quantities)

   Synonym: набудува́ти pf (nabuduváty)

2. (perfective only) to talk/come out with a load of (foolish or nonsensical talk)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “нагородити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 339
• “нагородити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1974), “нагородити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Н – О), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 54
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “нагородити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “нагородити”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “нагородити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “нагородити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)