бороти

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *borti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔˈroːti//bɔˈroːtʲi//bɔˈroːtʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /bɔˈroːti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /bɔˈroːtʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /bɔˈroːtʲi/

Verb

бороти (boroti?

  1. to fight
    • Иоанъ, editor (1076), “бороти сѧ”, in Изборник 1076 года [Izbornik of 1076]‎, page 213 (107), line 3
      И бороти сѧ съ врагъмь въ изнеможени плъти· и въ ништетѣ дш҃ѧ: и вьсе повелѣниѥ творити· и не потрѣбьна себе гл҃ати: и бл҃гдарити б҃а:
      I boroti sę sŭ vragŭmĭ vŭ iznemoženi plŭti· i vŭ ništetě dš:ję: i vĭse povelěnije tvoriti· i ne potrěbĭna sebe gl:ati: i bl:gdariti b:a:
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Inflection

Descendants

  • Russian: боро́ться (borótʹsja)
  • Ukrainian: боро́тися (borótysja)

Further reading

  • Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1975), “бороти”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 1 (а – бяшенина), Moscow: Nauka, page 298
  • Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1975), “боротися”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 1 (а – бяшенина), Moscow: Nauka, page 298
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бороти”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 154
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “боротиcꙗ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 154

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic бороти (boroti, to fight), from Proto-Slavic *borti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

боро́ти (borótyimpf (perfective поборо́ти)

  1. (transitive) to be winning in a fight, to overcome
  2. to fight down (a feeling)
  3. to fight

Conjugation

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