Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volčiti.

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volčiti. Old Church Slavonic влачити (vlačiti).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕiti//ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕitʲi//ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕitʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕiti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕitʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔlɔˈt͡ɕitʲi/

Hyphenation: во‧ло‧чи́‧ти

Verb

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волочити (voločitiimpf

  1. to drag

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: валачыць (valačycʹ)
  • Russian: волочить (voločitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: волочи́ти (voločýty)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “волочити”, 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 295

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian волочи́ти, волочы́ти (voločíti, voločýti), from Old East Slavic волочити (voločiti), from Proto-Slavic *volčiti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [wɔɫɔˈt͡ʃɪte]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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волочи́ти (voločýtyimpf (transitive)

  1. to drag, to draw
  2. to drag, to move slowly (of body, legs)
  3. (colloquial) to drag, to take (someone somewhere)
  4. to carry, to lug, to take
  5. to harrow
  6. (colloquial) to harass with lawsuits
  7. (metallurgy) to draw (metal) into wire

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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