волочити

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volčiti.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volčiti. Old Church Slavonic влачити (vlačiti).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕiti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕitʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕitʲi/

Hyphenation: во‧ло‧чи́‧ти

Verb

волочити (voločitiimpf

  1. to drag

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References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “волочити”, 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 295

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian волочи́ти, волочы́ти (voločíti, voločýti), from Old East Slavic волочити (voločiti), from Proto-Slavic *volčiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Verb

волочи́ти (voločýtyimpf (transitive)

  1. to drag, to draw
  2. to drag, to move slowly (of body, legs)
  3. (colloquial) to drag, to take (someone somewhere)
  4. to carry, to lug, to take
  5. to harrow
  6. (colloquial) to harass with lawsuits
  7. (metallurgy) to draw (metal) into wire

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