жечь

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жечи (žeči), from Proto-Slavic *žeťi (to burn) < *gegti < *degti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *degtéi, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰégʷʰeti.

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Verb

жечь (žečʹimpf (perfective поже́чь or сжечь or подже́чь or разже́чь)

  1. to burn (to cause something to be consumed by fire; to cause burns or a burning sensation in something)
  2. (figurative) to torment

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жгу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жечь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 301
  • жечь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru