навідити

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian навѣдити (navěditi, to visit, (of God) to send down, to bring upon, to punish with, to inflict upon (trials, diseases, famine, etc.)), from Old East Slavic навѣдити (navěditi, to visit), from Proto-Slavic *navěditi. The semantic narrowing (to inflict uponto inflict insanity upon sb.) must have occurred due to the belief in the divine nature of insanity, as the verb was chiefly used in reference to God in its Sense 2 in Old Ruthenian. Compare божеві́льний (boževílʹnyj), блаже́нний (blažénnyj) and юро́дивий (juródyvyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈʋʲidete]

Verb

наві́дити • (navídytypf (transitive)

  1. (impersonal) to go crazy, to go insane
    Synonyms: збожево́літи (zboževólity), здурі́ти (zduríty), звар'юва́ти (zvarʺjuváty), скази́тися (skazýtysja), пої́хати (pojíxaty)
  2. (archaic) to visit, to come over, to drop by
    Synonyms: відві́дати (vidvídaty), наві́датися (navídatysja), наві́дати (navídaty), зайти́ (zajtý), забі́гти (zabíhty)

Conjugation

(Sense 1):

(Sense 2):

Derived terms

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