позбавити

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From по- (po-) +‎ зба́вити (zbávyty). Compare Belarusian пазба́віць (pazbávicʹ), Polish pozbawić.

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Verb

позба́вити (pozbávytypf (imperfective позбавля́ти)

  1. (transitive) to deprive, to bereave, to strip, to divest, to dispossess (someone of something: кого́сь (accusative) чого́сь (genitive))
    позба́вити во́ліpozbávyty vólito imprison, to incarcerate (literally, “to deprive of liberty”)
    позба́вити громадя́нських правpozbávyty hromadjánsʹkyx pravto disenfranchise (literally, “to deprive of civil rights”)
    позба́вити спа́дщиниpozbávyty spádščynyto disinherit (literally, “to deprive of inheritance”)
    позба́вити життя́pozbávyty žyttjáto kill, to take the life of (literally, “to deprive of life”)

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