жрьти

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

жрѣти (žrěti)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьrti.

Verb

жрьти • (žrĭti) impf

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.
to offer
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “не жьрѫ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 12, line 9:
  василискъ рече: не жь҆рѫ коумиремъ безꙿдоушънꙑи҆мъ нъ богоу своѥмоу ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of жрьти (class IA1, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
жрьти žrĭti	жрьтъ¹ žrĭtŭ¹	жьрениѥ žĭrenije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		жьрꙑ žĭry	жьръ žĭrŭ
passive		жьромъ žĭromŭ	жьренъ žĭrenŭ

singular		жьрлъ žĭrlŭ	жьрло žĭrlo	жьрла žĭrla
dual		жьрла žĭrla	жьрлѣ žĭrlě	жьрлѣ žĭrlě
plural		жьрли žĭrli	жьрла žĭrla	жьрлꙑ žĭrly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	жьрѫ žĭrǫ	жьрѣахъ žĭrěaxŭ	—
	2nd	жьреши žĭreši	жьрѣаше žĭrěaše	жьри žĭri
	3rd	жьретъ žĭretŭ	жьрѣаше žĭrěaše	жьри žĭri
dual	1st	жьревѣ žĭrevě	жьрѣаховѣ žĭrěaxově	жьрѣве žĭrěve
	2nd	жьрета žĭreta	жьрѣашета žĭrěašeta	жьрѣта žĭrěta
	3rd	жьрете, жьрета žĭrete, žĭreta	жьрѣашете, жьрѣашета žĭrěašete, žĭrěašeta	—
plural	1st	жьремъ žĭremŭ	жьрѣахомъ žĭrěaxomŭ	жьрѣмъ žĭrěmŭ
	2nd	жьрете žĭrete	жьрѣашете žĭrěašete	жьрѣте žĭrěte
	3rd	жьрѫтъ žĭrǫtŭ	жьрѣахѫ žĭrěaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁶
singular	1st	жрьхъ¹ žrĭxŭ¹
	2nd	жрь1 žrĭ¹
	3rd	жрь1 žrĭ¹
dual	1st	жрьховѣ¹ žrĭxově¹
	2nd	жрьста¹ žrĭsta¹
	3rd	жрьсте¹, жрьста¹ žrĭste¹, žrĭsta¹
plural	1st	жрьхомъ¹ žrĭxomŭ¹
	2nd	жрьсте¹ žrĭste¹
	3rd	жрьшѧ¹ žrĭšę¹

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of жрьти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → жьрлъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of жрьти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → жьрлъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of жрьти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ жрьти
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of жрьти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → жьрлъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of жрьти and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → жьрлъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of жрьти. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also

Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

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)