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Old Church Slavonic

пьрѣти сѧ междоу собоѭ

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrěti.

Verb

пьрѣти (pĭrětiimpf

  1. (reflexive) to quarrel, argue, dispute
    • from Vita Constantini, 0500510-0500520:
      въси подножꙇа моего нѣсте достоинꙑ, то како азь с вами се хощꙋ прѣти?
      vŭsi podnožia mojego něste dostoiny, to kako azĭ s vami se xoštu prěti?
      None of you are worthy of being my footstool so why should I wish to dispute with you?
    • from Vita Methodii, 0900800-0900820:
      философа потьна инъгда сърѣтъше людиѥ, рѣша ѥмоу; чьто сѧ потиши? дѣѥть онъ: съ гроубою сѧ чадью пьрѣхъ.
      filosofa potĭna inŭgda sŭrětŭše ljudije, rěša jemu; čĭto sę potiši? dějetĭ onŭ: sŭ gruboju čadĭju pĭrěxŭ.
      Once some people met a sweating philosopher and said to him: Why are you sweating? And he replied: I have been debating with crude people.
  2. to deny, contradict, oppose

Conjugation

Present tense of пьрѣти
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
пьрѭ сѧ (pĭrjǫ sę) пьриши сѧ (pĭriši sę) пьритъ сѧ (pĭritŭ sę) пьривѣ сѧ (pĭrivě sę) пьрита сѧ (pĭrita sę) пьрите сѧ (pĭrite sę) пьримъ сѧ (pĭrimŭ sę) пьрите сѧ (pĭrite sę) пьрѭтъ сѧ (pĭrjǫtŭ sę)

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References

  • Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti, Vienna
  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София