Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *ob(v)ortiti, a derivative of *vortiti.

Verb edit

обращати (obraštatiimpf

  1. to turn (to)
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1938-1944:
      ли слꙑшавъше свѧтаꙗ си словеса и покаѭтъ сѧ обращаѭще сѧ отъ прѣльсти еретичьскꙑ, приимѣте ѩ съ радостьѭ
      li slyšavŭše svętaja si slovesa i pokajǫtŭ sę obraštajǫšte sę otŭ prělĭsti eretičĭsky, priiměte ję sŭ radostĭjǫ
      But if they listen to these holy words and repent and turn away from the deceptions of the heretics, welcome them with enthusiasm
  2. to convert

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old East Slavic: обращати (obraščati)

References edit

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[1], София

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обращати (obraštati).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɔbrɑˈɕt͡ɕɑti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɔbraˈɕt͡ɕatʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɔbraˈɕt͡ɕatʲi/
  • Hyphenation: о‧бра‧ща‧ти

Verb edit

обращати (obraščatiimpf (perfective обратити)

  1. (transitive) to turn

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “обращати”, 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 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 545