постригати
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Medieval monk with tonsure.
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *striťi.
Verb
постригати • (postrigati) impf
- to haircut
- to tonsure, consecrate to a spiritual title
- from Vita Constantini, 0401510-0401520:
- философь юнꙑи не любить житꙇа сего; то не ѡтьпоустимь ѥго ѡбꙿщинꙑ, нъ постригꙿше и на поповꙿство ѡтьдадимь и.
- This young Philosopher does not love this life. Let us not exclude him from the community but tonsure him and give him over to the priesthood.
- from Vita Methodii, 0300300-0300310:
- шьдъ въ Алимбь, идеже живоуть свѧтии оьци, постригъ сѧ облѣче въ чьрꙿнꙑ ризꙑ
- Going to Olympus where the holy fathers live, he was tonsured, and he put on the black habit.
- from Vita Constantini, 0401510-0401520:
Conjugation
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| азъ (azŭ) | тꙑ (ty) | тъ (tŭ) | вѣ (vě) | ва (va) | та (ta) | мꙑ (my) | вꙑ (vy) | ти (ti) | |||||||||
| постригаѭ (postrigajǫ) | постригаѥши (postrigaješi) | постригаѥтъ (postrigajetŭ) | постригаѥвѣ (postrigajevě) | постригаѥта (postrigajeta) | постригаѥте (postrigajete) | постригаѥмъ (postrigajemŭ) | постригаѥте (postrigajete) | постригаѫтъ (postrigaǫtŭ) | |||||||||
Related terms
- постригъ (postrigŭ)
- постриженьѥ (postriženĭje)
- пострищи (postrišti)
- стрищи (strišti)
References
- Андрей Бояджиев, Старобългарска читанка, София, 2016.