пожрѣти

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Old Church Slavonic

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пожрѣти

Alternative forms

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ жрѣти (žrěti), from Proto-Slavic *žerti.

Verb

пожрѣти (požrětipf

  1. to swallow
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “пожьретъ”, in Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 264.5, line 21:
      ни да пожьретъ мене змии҆ глѫбинънꙑи҆ ·
      ni da požĭretŭ mene zmii glǫbinŭnyi ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (religion) to offer, sacrifice
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “пожьри”, in Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 114, line 9:
      комисъ рече почти си старость҆ и҅ о̑усрамьꙗи҅ сѧ сѣдинъ свои҅хъ · и҅ пожьри великоуо̑умоу богоу а҅склипию̑ ·
      komisŭ reče počti si starostĭ hi ȏusramĭjhai sę sědinŭ svhoixhŭ · i požĭri velikuȏumu boghu asklipijȗ ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “пожъръ”, in Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 57, line 18:
      шъдъ же а҅нѳѵпатъ въ а҅памии҅скꙑи градъ · и҅ пожъръ коумиромъ ·
      šŭdŭ žhe anθüpatŭ vhŭ apamhiiskyi gradhŭ · i požŭrŭ kumiromŭ ·
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Conjugation

Present tense of пожрѣти
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
пожьрѫ (požĭrǫ) пожьреши (požĭreši) пожьретъ (požĭretŭ) пожьревѣ (požĭrevě) пожьрета (požĭreta) пожьрете (požĭrete) пожьремъ (požĭremŭ) пожьрете (požĭrete) пожьрѫтъ (požĭrǫtŭ)

References

  • Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti, Vienna
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София