възлюбити

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

въз- (vŭz-) +‎ любити (ljubiti) from Proto-Slavic *ľubiti.

Verb

възлюбити • (vŭzljubiti) pf (transitive)

to come to love
- 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Luke 10:27:
  ⱁⱀⱏ ⰶⰵ ⱁⱅⱏⰲⱑⱎⱅⰰⰲⱏ ⱃⰵⱍⰵ· ⰲⱏⰸⰾⱓⰱⰻⱎⰻ ⰳ҃ⰰ ⰱ҃ⰰ ⱅⰲⱁⰵⰳⱁ· ⱁⱅⱏ ⰲⱐⱄⰵⰳⱁ ⱄⱃ҃ⰴⱌⰰ ⱅⰲⱁⰵⰳⱁ·
  [онъ же отъвѣштавъ рече· възлюбиши г҃а б҃а твоего· отъ вьсего ср҃дца твоего·]
  onŭ že otŭvěštavŭ reče· vŭzljubiši g:a b:a tvojego· otŭ vĭsego sr:dca tvojego·
  He answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, […]
- 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 12:18:
  ⱄⰵ ⱁⱅⱃⱁⰽⱏ ⰿⱁⰻ ⰵⰳⱁⰶⰵ ⰻⰸⰲⱁⰾⰻⱈⱏ· ⰲⱐⰸⰾⱓⰱⰾⰵⱀⱏⰹ ⰿⱁⰻ· ⱀⰰ ⱀⱐⰶⰵ ⰱⰾⰰⰳⱁⰻⰸⰲⱁⰾⰻ ⰴⱎ҃ⰰ ⰿⱁⱑ·
  [се отрокъ мои егоже изволихъ· вьзлюбленꙑ мои· на ньже благоизволи дш҃а моѣ·]
  se otrokŭ moi egože izvolixŭ· vĭzljubleny moi· na nĭže blagoizvoli dš:a mojě·
  Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased.
- 11th century, Psalterium Sinaiticum (in Glagolitic), Book of Psalms 118:113:
  ⰸⰰⰽⱁⱀⱏ ⰶⰵ ⱅⰲⱁⰹ ⰲⱐⰸⰾⱓⰱⰻⱈⱏ
  [законъ же твоі вьзлюбихъ]
  zakonŭ že tvoi vĭzljubixŭ
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to long for
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 55, line 5:
  ѥ҅же вь҆ꙁлюбишꙙ въсприѧшꙙ·
  jheže vĭzljubišę vŭsprijęšę·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 486, line 25:
  е҅се намъ приде вь҆ꙁлюбь҆ѥноѥ и҅ сь҆пасноѥ҆ праꙁдень҆ство·
  hese namŭ pride vĭzljubĭjenoje hi sĭpasnoje prazdenĭstvo·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 507, line 6:
  то и҅ до коньца ꙗ҅ко чловѣколюбь҆ць҆ вьселити сꙙ вь҆ нꙑ вь҆ꙁлюби·
  to hi do konĭca jhako člověkoljubĭcĭ vĭseliti sę vĭ ny vĭzljubi·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of възлюбити (class II1, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
възлюбити vŭzljubiti	възлюбитъ vŭzljubitŭ	възлюбл҄ѥньѥ vŭzljublʹjenĭje

l-participle	masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹	present	past
active	възлюбѧ vŭzljubę	възлюбл҄ь, възлюбивъ vŭzljublʹĭ, vŭzljubivŭ
passive	възлюбимъ vŭzljubimŭ	възлюбл҄ѥнъ vŭzljublʹjenŭ

singular	възлюбилъ vŭzljubilŭ	възлюбило vŭzljubilo	възлюбила vŭzljubila
dual	възлюбила vŭzljubila	възлюбилѣ vŭzljubilě	възлюбилѣ vŭzljubilě
plural	възлюбили vŭzljubili	възлюбила vŭzljubila	възлюбилꙑ vŭzljubily

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	възлюбл҄ѭ vŭzljublʹjǫ	възлюбл҄ꙗахъ vŭzljublʹjaaxŭ	—
	2nd	възлюбиши vŭzljubiši	възлюбл҄ꙗаше vŭzljublʹjaaše	възлюби vŭzljubi
	3rd	възлюбитъ vŭzljubitŭ	възлюбл҄ꙗаше vŭzljublʹjaaše	възлюби vŭzljubi
dual	1st	възлюбивѣ vŭzljubivě	възлюбл҄ꙗаховѣ vŭzljublʹjaaxově	възлюбивѣ vŭzljubivě
	2nd	възлюбита vŭzljubita	възлюбл҄ꙗашета vŭzljublʹjaašeta	възлюбита vŭzljubita
	3rd	възлюбите, възлюбита vŭzljubite, vŭzljubita	възлюбл҄ꙗашете, възлюбл҄ꙗашета vŭzljublʹjaašete, vŭzljublʹjaašeta	—
plural	1st	възлюбимъ vŭzljubimŭ	възлюбл҄ꙗахомъ vŭzljublʹjaaxomŭ	възлюбимъ vŭzljubimŭ
	2nd	възлюбите vŭzljubite	възлюбл҄ꙗашете vŭzljublʹjaašete	възлюбите vŭzljubite
	3rd	възлюбѧтъ vŭzljubętŭ	възлюбл҄ꙗахѫ vŭzljublʹjaaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁵
singular	1st	възлюбихъ vŭzljubixŭ
	2nd	възлюби vŭzljubi
	3rd	възлюби vŭzljubi
dual	1st	възлюбиховѣ vŭzljubixově
	2nd	възлюбиста vŭzljubista
	3rd	възлюбисте, възлюбиста vŭzljubiste, vŭzljubista
plural	1st	възлюбихомъ vŭzljubixomŭ
	2nd	възлюбисте vŭzljubiste
	3rd	възлюбишѧ vŭzljubišę

compound tenses
perfect²	Use the l-participle of възлюбити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → възлюбилъ ѥсмь
pluperfect²	Use the l-participle of възлюбити and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → възлюбилъ бѣхъ or възлюбилъ бѣахъ
future	Use the infinitive of възлюбити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. first-person singular → имамь възлюбити, хощѫ възлюбити, начьнѫ възлюбити or въчьнѫ възлюбити
future perfect^{2, 3}	Use the l-participle of възлюбити and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → възлюбилъ бѫдѫ
conditional²	Use the l-participle of възлюбити and the conditional mood⁴ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → възлюбилъ бимь or възлюбилъ бꙑхъ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Attested only in a few instances.
⁴ The dual forms are unattested.
⁵ Also called a sigmatic aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of възлюбити. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

възлюблѥникъ m (vŭzljubljenikŭ)

Related terms

възлюблꙗти impf (vŭzljubljati)

References

Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “възлюбити”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 139