Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic молитисꙗ (molitisja), from Proto-Slavic *modliti sę (to pray).

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

моли́ться (molítʹsjaimpf (perfective помоли́ться)

  1. to pray (to petition a higher being)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молиться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “молиться”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 539

Ukrainian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔɫet͡sʲːɐ]

Verb edit

мо́литься (mólytʹsja)

  1. third-person singular present imperfective of моли́тися (molýtysja)