оживляти

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • ожи́влювати (ožývljuvaty)rare

Etymology

From оживи́ти (ožyvýty) +‎ -я́ти (-játy). Compare Russian оживля́ть (oživljátʹ), Belarusian ажыўля́ць (ažywljácʹ), Polish ożywiać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔʒeu̯ˈlʲate]

Verb

оживля́ти • (ožyvljátyimpf (perfective оживи́ти) (transitive)

  1. to bring back to life, to resuscitate, to revive (to cause to recover life, consciousness or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying)
    Synonym: реанімува́ти impf (reanimuváty)
  2. (figuratively) to revive (to renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken)
    Synonym: воскреша́ти impf (voskrešáty)
  3. (figuratively) to enliven, to bring to life, to vitalize, to vivify (to make more lively)
  4. (figuratively) to revive, to revitalize (to restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate; to make lively again)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • оживля́ння n (ožyvljánnja)
  • оживля́тися impf (ožyvljátysja)

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2020), “оживляти”, 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, page 233
  • оживляти”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]

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