сади́ти
sadýtyimperfective
To plant in Ukrainian is to say сади́ти (sadýty). Wiktionary also lists посади́ти (posadýty) and саджа́ти (sadžáty).
Meaning: to place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow (verb)
Ways to say it
| Ukrainian | Romanization (Wiktionary) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| сади́ти | sadýty | imperfective |
| посади́ти | posadýty | perfective |
| саджа́ти | sadžáty | imperfective |
The primary meaning is the verb to place something in soil or another substrate so that it may live and grow. If you are referring to the organism itself, the noun is росли́на.
Which one should you use?
The forms сади́ти and саджа́ти are both imperfective and are synonyms used to describe the process of planting or habitual actions. The form посади́ти is the perfective version, used to describe the completed act of planting.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The perfective verb посади́ти is formed from the imperfective verb сади́ти by adding the prefix по-.
How do you pronounce it?
sadýty
Did you know?
- The word посади́ти can be used metaphorically to mean 'to put someone in prison', as if planting them in a place they cannot leave.
- While росли́на refers to a biological plant, Ukrainians use the word кві́тка (flower) to describe any ornamental houseplant, regardless of whether it actually blooms.
- In Ukrainian culture, the act of planting a tree during a wedding or the birth of a child is a traditional symbolic gesture to represent the growth of the family.
Example sentences for Ukrainian are not verified yet.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “plant” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
