забити

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zabiti. By surface analysis, за- +‎ бити.

• IPA^(key): /zǎbiti/
• Hyphenation: за‧би‧ти

за̀бити pf (Latin spelling zàbiti)

1. (transitive) to hammer in, pound in, drive in
2. (transitive) to score (a goal)

• заби́јати impf

• “забити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zabiti. By surface analysis, за- (za-, prefix) +‎ би́ти (býty, imperfective verb). Compare Russian заби́ть (zabítʹ), Belarusian забі́ць (zabícʹ), Polish zabić.

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈbɪte]

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• Rhymes: -ɪte
• Hyphenation: за‧би‧ти

заби́ти • (zabýty) pf (imperfective забива́ти)

1. (transitive) to beat in, to drive in, to hammer in, to bang in, to ram in (to insert with blows: nail, post, stake, wedge, etc.)

   Synonym: вби́ти pf (vbýty)

   Я заби́в цвях у стіну́. ― Ja zabýv cvjax u stinú. ― I hammered a nail into the wall.

   заби́ти па́мороки (idiomatic, +dative)

   zabýty pámoroky

   to hoodwink, to snow; to stun; to numb the mind of, to befuddle, to stupefy

2. (transitive, sports) to score, to bang in (:goal)
3. (transitive) to board up, to nail shut, to nail up
4. (transitive, colloquial, sometimes impersonal) to cram, to fill [with instrumental ‘with something’]

   Synonym: запо́внити pf (zapóvnyty)

   заби́ти собі́ го́лову (чи́мось) (idiomatic)

   zabýty sobí hólovu (čýmosʹ)

   to worry one's head (about something); to fill one's head (with something)

5. (transitive, colloquial) to block up, to clog, to clog up, to obstruct, to stop up [with instrumental ‘with something’]
6. (transitive, chiefly perfective) to bang (to hit hard: own body part against something)
7. (transitive) to kill

   Synonym: уби́ти pf (ubýty)

   1. to butcher, to kill, to slaughter (:animal for food)

      заби́ти козла́ (idiomatic) ― zabýty kozlá ― to play dominoes (literally, “to kill the goat”)

8. (transitive, perfective only, board games, card games) to take (:piece, card, etc.)
9. (transitive, colloquial) to beat back, to stifle (:feeling, sound, etc.)
10. (transitive, colloquial) to beat out, to put out, to stamp out (to extinguish: fire)
11. (intransitive, third person only, colloquial, of rain, wind) to force its way in (through cracks, gaps, etc.)
12. (perfective only) to start beating, to start pounding
13. (slang) to stop caring [with на (na, + accusative) ‘about what’]

    Я не мо́жу заби́ти на те́бе. ― Ja ne móžu zabýty na tébe. ― I cannot stop caring about you.

    Він заби́в на шко́лу й пішо́в до а́рмії ― Vin zabýv na škólu j pišóv do ármiji ― He stopped caring about school and went to the military.

    Я на все́ заби́в. ― Ja na vsé zabýv. ― I stopped caring about everything.

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “забити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 32
• Kondratiuk, T. M. (2006) “забити”, in Словник сучасного українського сленгу [Dictionary of Modern Ukrainian Slang] (in Ukrainian), Kharkiv: Folio, →ISBN
• “забити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “забити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 21
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “забити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “забити”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “забити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “забити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)