восхитить

Russian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въсхытити (vŭsxytiti, to fascinate, to snatch away).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [vəsxʲɪˈtʲitʲ]

Verb edit

восхити́ть (vosxitítʹpf (imperfective восхища́ть)

  1. to enrapture, to delight, to ravish
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Possibly an independent borrowing of the same Old Church Slavonic word as above. See also -хи́тить (-xítitʹ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [vɐˈsxʲitʲɪtʲ]

Verb edit

восхи́тить (vosxítitʹpf (imperfective восхища́ть)

  1. (dated, high-style) to lift up
Conjugation edit