жрьтва

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьrtva (“sacrifice”), from *žьrti (“to sacrifice”) +‎ *-tva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *girʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-. By surface analysis, жрьти (žrĭti) +‎ -тва (-tva).

Noun

жрьтва • (žrĭtva) f

  1. sacrifice
    Synonym: жрьтиѥ (žrĭtije)
    • from Vita Constantini, 1501100-1501110:
      и не бранꙗхꙋ жрьтвь творити по прьвомꙋ ѡбꙑчаю ни женитвѣ бесчьстнꙑихь.
      i ne branjaxu žrĭtvĭ tvoriti po prĭvomu obyčaju ni ženitvě besčĭstnyixĭ.
      And they forbade neither the offering of sacrifices according to the ancient custom, nor shameful marriages.
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жрътвꙑ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 67.5, line 4:
      полемѡнъ рече : пожь҆ри о̑убо по цѣсароу повелѣнию̑ · пиѡ̑нии҆ рече : а҅зъ чловѣкоу жрътвꙑ не творѫ ·
      polemonŭ reče : požĭri ȏubo po cěsaru povelěnijȗ · piȏnii rečhe : azŭ člověku žrŭtvy ne tvorǫ ·
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  2. offering

Declension

Declension of жрьтва (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative жрьтва
žrĭtva 		жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě 		жрьтвꙑ
žrĭtvy
genitive жрьтвꙑ
žrĭtvy 		жрьтвоу
žrĭtvu 		жрьтвъ
žrĭtvŭ
dative жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě 		жрьтвама
žrĭtvama 		жрьтвамъ
žrĭtvamŭ
accusative жрьтвѫ
žrĭtvǫ 		жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě 		жрьтвꙑ
žrĭtvy
instrumental жрьтвоѭ
žrĭtvojǫ 		жрьтвама
žrĭtvama 		жрьтвами
žrĭtvami
locative жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě 		жрьтвоу
žrĭtvu 		жрьтвахъ
žrĭtvaxŭ
vocative жрьтво
žrĭtvo 		жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě 		жрьтвꙑ
žrĭtvy

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: jertfă

Further reading

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