взять

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъzęti. By surface analysis, вз- (vz-) +‎ ять (jatʹ).

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Verb

взять (vzjatʹpf (imperfective брать)

  1. to take
    Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 3.21:
    • И, услышав, ближние Его пошли взять Его, ибо говорили, что Он вышел из себя.
      I, uslyšav, bližnije Jevo pošli vzjatʹ Jevo, ibo govorili, što On vyšel iz sebja.
      When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
    взять шту́рмом что́-либоvzjatʹ štúrmom štó-liboto take something by storm
    взять к себе́vzjatʹ k sebéto take in; to shelter
    вме́сте взя́тыхvméste vzjátyxto put together, combined

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