въздьржати

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From въз- (vŭz-) +‎ дьржати (dĭržati, hold). Akin to Old Church Slavonic въздрьжати (vŭzdrĭžati).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʊzdɪˈrʑɑti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʊzdʲɪˈrʑatʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔzdʲˈrʑatʲi/
  • Hyphenation: въ‧здь‧ржа‧ти

Verb edit

въздьржати (vŭzdĭržatipf

  1. (transitive) to hold back

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Ruthenian: воздержати (vozderžati)
  • Russian: воздержа́ть (vozderžátʹ) (archaic)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893–1912) “въздьржати, въздрьжати”, 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), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences