спіти

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Inherited from Old East Slavic спѣти (spěti, “to succede, to hurry, to strive for, to facilitate”), from Proto-Slavic *spěti, from Proto-Indo-European *spewd- (“press, hurry”). Cognate with Bulgarian успе́я (uspéja), Old Church Slavonic спѣти (spěti), Slovene speti, Slovak spieť, Czech spět. Non-Slavic cognates include English speed, German sputen (“to hasten”) and Latin spērō.

спі́ти • (spíty) impf (intransitive)

1. to ripen, to mature (of plants)

   Synonyms: зрі́ти (zríty), сти́гнути (stýhnuty)

2. (rare) to mature, to come of age (of people, animals)

   Synonym: зрі́ти (zríty)

3. (colloquial, rare) to cook, to mature (of food, dishes)

   Synonyms: готува́тися (hotuvátysja), дозріва́ти (dozriváty)

4. (obsolete) to move forward, to proceed
5. (obsolete) to hurry, to haste
6. (obsolete) to succeed, to manage

• спі́лий (spílyj)

From с- (s-) +‎ пі́ти (píty, “to sing”) (archaic).

спі́ти • (spíty) pf (imperfective співа́ти or пі́ти)

1. (transitive, archaic) to sing

   Synonyms: проспіва́ти (prospiváty), заспіва́ти (zaspiváty)

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