Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From ѧти (ęti, to take) +‎ -сѧ (-sę).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɛ̃tisɛ̃/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjatʲisʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjatʲisʲa/
  • Hyphenation: ѧ‧ти‧сѧ

Verb edit

ѧтисѧ (ętisęimpf

  1. (transitive) to grasp
  2. (transitive) to touch
  3. (transitive + dative) to fall to someone's lot

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Ruthenian: ятися (jatisja)
  • Russian: (archaic) я́ться (játʹsja)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ꙗтисѧ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1671