обращати

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ob(v)ortiti, a derivative of *vortiti.

Verb

обращати (obraštatiimpf

  1. to turn (to)
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1938-1944:
      ли слꙑшавъше свѧтаꙗ си словеса и покаѭтъ сѧ обращаѭще сѧ отъ прѣльсти еретичьскꙑ, приимѣте ѩ съ радостьѭ
      li slyšavŭše svętaja si slovesa i pokajǫtŭ sę obraštajǫšte sę otŭ prělĭsti eretičĭsky, priiměte ję sŭ radostĭjǫ
      But if they listen to these holy words and repent and turn away from the deceptions of the heretics, welcome them with enthusiasm
  2. to convert

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Old East Slavic: обращати (obraščati)

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обращати (obraštati).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔbrɑˈɕt͡ɕɑti//ɔbraˈɕt͡ɕatʲi//ɔbraˈɕt͡ɕatʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɔbrɑˈɕt͡ɕɑti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɔbraˈɕt͡ɕatʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɔbraˈɕt͡ɕatʲi/

  • Hyphenation: о‧бра‧ща‧ти

Verb

обращати (obraščatiimpf (perfective обратити)

  1. (transitive) to turn

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “обращати”, 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 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 545