zaviti

== Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zǎʋiti/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zavìti. Compare Russian зави́ть (zavítʹ), Czech zavít. By surface analysis, za- +‎ vȉti. First attested in the 14th century. ==== Verb ==== zàviti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀вити, imperfective zavíjati, first-singular present zȁvijēm) (transitive) to wrap [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and u (+ accusative) ‘in something’] zaviti u crno ― (1) to make (someone/oneself) unhappy by getting someone killed; (2) to get (someone/oneself) into trouble (literally, “to wrap in black”) (transitive) to wrap [with accusative ‘something’ and oko (+ genitive) ‘around someone/something’] (transitive) to screw in (a screw, valve, etc.) (reflexive) to wrap oneself [with instrumental ‘in something’] ===== Conjugation ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Further reading ==== “zaviti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 “zaviti”, in Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga standardnog jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 2015 Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2021), “zàviti”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume II: O – Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 596 === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zavỳti. Compare Russian завы́ть (zavýtʹ). ==== Verb ==== zàviti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀вити, imperfective zavíjati, first-singular present zȁvijēm) (intransitive) to howl (of a wolf, bear, etc.) to start to wail (of the wind) ===== Conjugation ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Further reading ==== Miroslav Nikolić, editor (2011), “за̀вити2”, in Речник српскога језика [Rečnik srpskoga jezika, Dictionary of the Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Измењено и поправљено издање [Revised and Corrected Edition], Novi Sad: Matica srpska, page 367