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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic тесати (tesati), from Proto-Slavic *tesàti (to hew), from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tʲɪˈsatʲ]
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Verb

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теса́ть (tesátʹimpf

  1. to hew (with an axe), to make (something) by cutting with an axe
  2. to shave the surface layer of (with an axe)

Conjugation

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 491
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тес”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тёс”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 240