Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věrovati.

Verb

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вѣровати (věrovatiimpf

  1. believe
    • from Liturgical Service of Saint Naum, 3rd Verse in the 4th Tone:
      и паче панонъ нераꙁꙋмѣишаѧ, каменїамъ и древїамъ вѣрꙋюще
      i pače panonŭ nerazuměišaę, kameniamŭ i dreviamŭ věrujušte
      and much more ignorant Pannonians, who believed in the rocks and trees

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Old East Slavic: вѣровати (věrovati)

Further reading

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Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věrovati. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic вѣровати (věrovati).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeːrɔʋɑti//ˈʋʲeːrɔʋatʲi//ˈʋʲeːrɔʋatʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋeːrɔʋɑti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋʲeːrɔʋatʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋʲeːrɔʋatʲi/

  • Hyphenation: вѣ‧ро‧ва‧ти

Verb

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вѣровати (věrovatiimpf

  1. to believe
    • 1821 [12th c.], Кирилл Туровский, edited by Константинъ Фёдоровичъ Калайдовичъ, Творенія Кирилла епископа туровскаго, россійскаго витіи XII вѣка[1], Москва, page 44:
      многа бо по всей Палестинѣ створи чюдеса, и не вѣровахуть ему
      mnoga bo po vsej Palestině stvori čjudesa, i ne věrovaxutĭ emu
      he made many miracles across all of Palestine, and they did not believe in him

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вѣровати, вѣрꙋю”, 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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 491
  • Зализняк, Андрей Анатольевич (2011) Труды по ацентологии. Том 2 : Древнерусский и старовеликорусский акцентологический словарь-указатель, Москва: Языки славянских культур, page 92