божеволіти

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Verb[edit]

божево́літи (boževólityimpf (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

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References[edit]

  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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