освітлювати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From освітли́ти (osvitlýty) +‎ -ювати (-juvaty). Compare Belarusian асвятля́ць (asvjatljácʹ), Polish oświetlać.

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Verb

осві́тлювати • (osvítljuvaty) impf (perfective освітли́ти) (transitive)

1. (literally) to illuminate, to illumine, to light up (shine light on)

   Synonym: (rare in this sense) висві́тлювати impf (vysvítljuvaty)

2. (figuratively) to illuminate (clarify or make something understandable)
3. (figuratively, rare) to elucidate, to shed light on

   Synonym: висві́тлювати impf (vysvítljuvaty)

4. (by extension) to clarify (make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter)

   Synonym: очища́ти impf (očyščáty)

5. (by extension) to lighten (make a lighter colour by removing pigmentation)

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Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “освітлювати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2020), “освітлювати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (обмін – оя́снювати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “освітлювати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “освітлювати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “освітлювати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “освітлювати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “освітлювати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)