See also: съпасти

Old Church Slavonic

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спасти (spasti)

  1. Alternative form of съпасти (sŭpasti)

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic съпасти (sŭpasti), which is a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic съпасти (sŭpasti). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) + *pasti (to pasture, herd).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [spɐˈsʲtʲi]
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Verb

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спасти́ (spastípf (imperfective спаса́ть)

  1. to save, to rescue
    • 1886, Anton Chekhov, Хори́стка [The Chorus Girl]:
      А ме́жду тем есть сре́дство спасти́ его́ и нас от нищеты́ и позо́ра.
      A méždu tem jestʹ srédstvo spastí jevó i nas ot niščetý i pozóra.
      And yet there is a chance of saving him and us from destitution and disgrace.
    • 1981, Влади́мир Желе́зников (Vladímir Želéznikov), Чу́чело (Čúčelo) [Scarecrow]:
      Его́ ножо́м по́ сердцу резану́ло ― так захоте́лось ей помо́чь, так бесконе́чно захоте́лось её спасти́, ― он бро́сился к не́й.
      Jevó nožóm pó serdcu rezanúlo ― tak zaxotélosʹ jej pomóčʹ, tak beskonéčno zaxotélosʹ jejó spastí, ― on brósilsja k néj.
      He felt as if someone slashed his heart with a knife - so great was his desire to help her, so endless was his desire to save her, - he dashed towards her.
  2. to salvage

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References

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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From с- +‎ па̏сти.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spâsti/
  • Hyphenation: спа‧сти

Verb

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спа̏сти ? (Latin spelling spȁsti)

  1. (intransitive) to fall down
  2. (intransitive) to decline
  3. (intransitive) to be reduced to, be lowered or debased
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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spâːsti/
  • Hyphenation: спа‧сти

Verb

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спа̑сти ? (Latin spelling spȃsti)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia, transitive) to save, salvage, rescue
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References

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  • спасти”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • спасти”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • спасти”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume V, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 926