освітлити

From о- (o-) +‎ сві́тло (svítlo) +‎ -и́ти (-ýty). Compare Russian освети́ть (osvetítʹ), Belarusian асвятлі́ць (asvjatlícʹ), Polish oświetlić.

• IPA^(key): [ɔsʲʋʲitˈɫɪte]

освітли́ти • (osvitlýty) pf (imperfective осві́тлювати or освітля́ти (rare)) (transitive)

1. (literally) to illuminate, to illumine, to light up (shine light on)

   Synonym: (rare in this sense) ви́світлити pf (výsvitlyty)

2. (figuratively, rare) to elucidate, to shed light on

   Synonym: ви́світлити pf (výsvitlyty)

3. (figuratively) to illuminate (clarify or make something understandable)
4. (by extension) to clarify (make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter)

   Synonym: очи́стити pf (očýstyty)

5. (by extension) to lighten (make a lighter colour by removing pigmentation)

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• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “освітлити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2020), “освітлити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 11 (обмін – оя́снювати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “освітлити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “освітлити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “освітлити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “освітлити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)