трѣбити

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

трѣба (trěba) +‎ -ити (-iti), from Proto-Slavic *terbiti.

Verb

трѣбити (trěbitiimpf

  1. to clear, to clean
    • from Ж. Сав. осв., 125.:
      Прииде [Сава] въ кастелии и нача мѣсто трѣбити и созьдати клѣти от мѣстьнаго камѣния.
      Priide vŭ kastelii i nača město trěbiti i sozĭdati klěti ot městĭnago kaměnija.
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  2. to purify
    • from Vita Constantini:
      Бѣшѧ въ фоульсцѣ ѧзъіцѣ дѫбъ велии· съраслъ сѧ съ чрѣшн҄еѭ· подъ нимь же трѣбъі дѣѣхѫ· нарицаѭще и именьмь александръ· женьскоу полоу не даѭще пристѫпати къ н҄емоу.
      Běšę vŭ fulĭscě ęzycě dǫbŭ velii· sŭraslŭ sę sŭ črěšnʹejǫ· podŭ nimĭ že trěby děěxǫ· naricajǫšte i imenĭmĭ aleksandrŭ· ženĭsku polu ne dajǫšte pristǫpati kŭ nʹemu.
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Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Serbo-Croatian: требити, Serbo-Croatian: тријебити

References

  • трѣбити”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
  • Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2012), “trěbiti”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 16 (sьde – trъtъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 979