похоть

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poxotь. By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ хотѣти (xotěti, to want)

Noun

похоть (poxotĭf

  1. desire
  2. bodily desire
  3. lust
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2119-2123:
      тѣмьже чловѣче и въ манастꙑрь идеши и въ поустꙑнѭ прибѣгнеши съ похотьми тѣми а не отъврьжеши ихъ отъ себе без оума и въсоуѥ мѧтеши сѧ
      těmĭže člověče i vŭ manastyrĭ ideši i vŭ pustynjǫ priběgneši sŭ poxotĭmi těmi a ne otŭvrĭžeši ixŭ otŭ sebe bez uma i vŭsuje męteši sę
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Declension

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poxotь. By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ хоте́ть (xotétʹ, to want).

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Noun

по́хоть (póxotʹf inan (genitive по́хоти, uncountable)

  1. lust

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