божеволіти

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Ukrainian божа воля "the will of God"; бо́жий (bóžyj) + во́ля (vólja) + -іти (-ity).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɔʒeˈwɔlʲite]

Verb

божево́літи • (boževólity) impf (perfective збожево́літи)

  1. (intransitive) to go mad, to go crazy, to become insane, to become demented, to lose one's mind, to lose one's reason

Conjugation

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “божеві́льний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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