жрьти

Old Church Slavonic

Slavs serving their Gods

Alternative forms

• жрѣти (žrěti)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьrti.

Verb

жрьти • (žrĭti) impf

1. to sacrifice
   • from the Life of Theodosius of Tarnovo:

     покла́нꙗти бо се нака́ꙁовааше доу́бꙋ, и ѿ нѥго исцѣлѥ́нїа прїе́мати. тѣ́мже и мнѡѕи овце иагньце та́мо жрѣ́хꙋ вѣ́роующе та́ковѣи прѣль́сти.

     poklánjati bo se nakázovaaše dúbu, i otŭ njego iscěljénia prijémati. tě́mže i mnodzi ovce iagnĭce támo žrě́xu vě́rujušte tákověi prělĭ́sti.

     Because he taught them to worship an oak tree, from which they could obtain healing. For this reason, they sacrificed many sheep and lambs at this tree, believing in this deceit.

2. to offer
   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “не жьрѫ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 12, line 9:

     василискъ рече: не жь҆рѫ коумиремъ безꙿдоушънꙑи҆мъ нъ богоу своѥмоу ·

     vasiliskŭ reče: ne žĭ҆rǫ kumiremŭ bezꙿdušŭnyi҆mŭ nŭ bogu svojemu ·

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

present tense of жрьти (žrĭti)

singular						dual						plural
азъ (azŭ)		тꙑ (ty)		тъ (tŭ)		вѣ (vě)		ва (va)		та (ta)		мꙑ (my)		вꙑ (vy)		ти (ti)
жьрѫ (žĭrǫ)		жьреши (žĭreši)		жьретъ (žĭretŭ)		жьревѣ (žĭrevě)		жьрета (žĭreta)		жьрете (žĭrete)		жьремъ (žĭremŭ)		жьрете (žĭrete)		жьрѫтъ (žĭrǫtŭ)

Derived terms

• богожренъ (bogožrenŭ)
• живожрениѥ (živožrenije)
• жрениѥ (žrenije)
• жритель (žritelĭ)
• жрътиѥ (žrŭtije)
• жрьтва (žrĭtva)
• жрьтвьникъ (žrĭtvĭnikŭ)
• жрьць (žrĭcĭ)
• идоложрениѥ (idoložrenije)
• идоложрътиѥ (idoložrŭtije)
• кръвожрениѥ (krŭvožrenije)
• ожрътиѥ (ožrŭtije)
• пожрътвьнъ (požrŭtvĭnŭ)
• пожрътиѥ (požrŭtije)
• пожрѣти (požrěti)
• прѣдъжрѣти (prědŭžrěti)

Related terms

• жрѣло (žrělo)

References

• Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti‎, Vienna
• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София