Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic теряти (terjati, wreck, ruin), iterative of терети (tereti), from Proto-Slavic *těrjati.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tʲɪˈrʲætʲ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ætʲ

Verb edit

теря́ть (terjátʹimpf (perfective потеря́ть)

  1. to lose, to waste
  2. to shed

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References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “терять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress