жрьтва

Old Church Slavonic
Slavs serving their Gods, Kosta Mandrović (1885).

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьrtva (“sacrifice”), from *žьrti (“to sacrifice”) +‎ *-tva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *girʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-. By surface analysis, жрьти (žrĭti) +‎ -тва (-tva).

Noun

жрьтва • (žrĭtva) f

  1. sacrifice
    Synonym: жрьтиѥ (žrĭtije)
    • from Vita Constantini, 1501100-1501110:
      и не бранꙗхꙋ жрьтвь творити по прьвомꙋ ѡбꙑчаю ни женитвѣ бесчьстнꙑихь.
      i ne branjaxu žrĭtvĭ tvoriti po prĭvomu obyčaju ni ženitvě besčĭstnyixĭ.
      And they forbade neither the offering of sacrifices according to the ancient custom, nor shameful marriages.
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жрътвꙑ”, in Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 67.5, line 4:
      полемѡнъ рече : пожь҆ри о̑убо по цѣсароу повелѣнию̑ · пиѡ̑нии҆ рече : а҅зъ чловѣкоу жрътвꙑ не творѫ ·
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  2. offering

Declension
Declension of жрьтва (hard a-stem)
Case Singular Dual Plural
Nominative жрьтва
žrĭtva		 жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě		 жрьтвꙑ
žrĭtvy
Accusative жрьтвѫ
žrĭtvǫ		 жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě		 жрьтвꙑ
žrĭtvy
Genitive жрьтвꙑ
žrĭtvy		 жрьтвоу
žrĭtvu		 жрьтвъ
žrĭtvŭ
Locative жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě		 жрьтвоу
žrĭtvu		 жрьтвахъ
žrĭtvaxŭ
Dative жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě		 жрьтвама
žrĭtvama		 жрьтвамъ
žrĭtvamŭ
Instrumental жрьтвоѭ
žrĭtvojǫ		 жрьтвама
žrĭtvama		 жрьтвами
žrĭtvami
Vocative жрьтво
žrĭtvo		 жрьтвѣ
žrĭtvě		 жрьтвꙑ
žrĭtvy

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Romanian: jertfă

Further reading
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