Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volčiti.

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volčiti. Old Church Slavonic влачити (vlačiti).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕiti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕitʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕitʲi/

Hyphenation: во‧ло‧чи́‧ти

Verb edit

волочити (voločitiimpf

  1. to drag

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Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: валачыць (valačycʹ)
  • Russian: волочить (voločitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: волочи́ти (voločýty)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “волочити”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 295

Ukrainian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Ruthenian волочи́ти, волочы́ти (voločíti, voločýti), from Old East Slavic волочити (voločiti), from Proto-Slavic *volčiti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [wɔɫɔˈt͡ʃɪte]
  • (file)

Verb edit

волочи́ти (voločýtyimpf (transitive)

  1. to drag, to draw
  2. to drag, to move slowly (of body, legs)
  3. (colloquial) to drag, to take (someone somewhere)
  4. to carry, to lug, to take
  5. to harrow
  6. (colloquial) to harass with lawsuits
  7. (metallurgy) to draw (metal) into wire

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