въздьржатисѧ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From въздьржати (vŭzdĭržati, to hold back) +‎ -сѧ (-sę).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋʊzdɪˈrʑɑtisɛ̃//ʋʊzdʲɪˈrʑatʲisʲa//ʋɔzdʲˈrʑatʲisʲa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʊzdɪˈrʑɑtisɛ̃/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʊzdʲɪˈrʑatʲisʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɔzdʲˈrʑatʲisʲa/

  • Hyphenation: въ‧здь‧ржа‧ти‧сѧ

Verb

въздьржатисѧ (vŭzdĭržatisępf

  1. (intransitive) to hold oneself back

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: воздержатися (vozderžatisja)
  • Russian: воздержа́ться (vozderžátʹsja)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “въздьржатисꙗ, въздрьжатисꙗ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 356