запрѣти

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From за- (za-) +‎ прѣти (prěti), Proto-Slavic *zaperti.

Verb

запрѣти (zaprětipf

  1. close, shut
    • Olga's Revenge lines 102-143, from the Primary Chronicle:
      начаша сѧ мꙑти и запроша ѡ нихъ истобъку.
      načaša sę myti i zaproša o nixŭ istobŭku.
      They began to bathe, and they shut the bathhouse around them.
  2. to be moved
    • John 11:33, from Codex Marianus, 4113300-4113310:
      ꙇ꙯с же ѣко видѣ ѭ плачѫштѫ сѧ · ꙇ пришедъшѧѩ съ неѭ июдеѩ плачѫштѧ сѧ · запрѣти д꙯хꙋ · и възмѫти сѧ самъ
      i:s že jěko vidě jǫ plačǫštǫ sę · i prišedŭšęję sŭ nejǫ ijudeję plačǫštę sę · zaprěti d:xu · i vŭzmǫti sę samŭ
      Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Serbo-Croatian: zapreti
  • Slovene: zapreti
  • Macedonian: запира (zapira)
  • Russian: запереть (zaperetʹ)