Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic раждати (raždati), from Proto-Slavic *raďati. Doublet of рожа́ть (rožátʹ), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [rɐʐˈdatʲ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

рожда́ть (roždátʹimpf (perfective роди́ть)

  1. to give birth
  2. to give rise to
  3. to bear, to yield (of land)

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References edit

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