скврьнити

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

скврьна (skvrĭna) +‎ -ити (-iti)

Verb

скврьнити (skvrĭnitiimpf

  1. to pollute
  2. to defile
    • Matthew 3:20, from Codex Marianus, 1151100-1151110:
      не въходѧщее въ ꙋста скврънитъ ч꙯лвка · нъ исходѧщее из ꙋстъ то скврънитъ ч꙯лвка ·
      ne vŭxodęštee vŭ usta skvrŭnitŭ č:lvka · nŭ isxodęštee iz ustŭ to skvrŭnitŭ č:lvka ·
      What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: скврнити
    Latin script: skvrniti
  • Czech: skvrnitý

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София