зреть

Russian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zrʲetʲ]
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zьrěti (to ripen).

Verb

зреть (zretʹ) impf (perfective созре́ть)

  1. to ripen, to mature
    c. 1920, Сергей Буданцев, Мятеж
    в голове командующего зреют благие мысли:
    good thoughts are ripening in the commander's head
    1897, А. К. Гермониус, В Ясной Поляне. У Льва Толстого
    здесь в тени чудные лип и берез создавались и зрели чудные образы и художественные картины:
    here in the shadow of lovely lindens and birches wondrous images and artistic paintings were created and ripened
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic зьрѣти (zĭrěti), from Proto-Slavic *zьrěti (to see, to look at). Cognate to Lithuanian žiūrėti.

Verb

зреть (zretʹ) impf (perfective узре́ть)

  1. (archaic) to watch, to look at
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