просвѣтити

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From про- (pro-) +‎ свѣтити (světiti).

Verb

просвѣтити • (prosvětitipf

  1. to enlighten

Conjugation

Present tense of просвѣтити
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
просвѣщѫ (prosvěštǫ) просвѣтиши (prosvětiši) просвѣтитъ (prosvětitŭ) просвѣтивѣ (prosvětivě) просвѣтита (prosvětita) просвѣтите (prosvětite) просвѣтимъ (prosvětimŭ) просвѣтите (prosvětite) просвѣщѫтъ (prosvěštǫtŭ)

Descendants

  • Old East Slavic: просвѣтити (prosvětiti) (see there for further descendants)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic просвѣтити (prosvětiti), equivalent to про- (pro-) +‎ свѣтити (světiti, to shine). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic просвѣтити (prosvětiti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɔsʋeːˈtiti//prɔsʋʲeːˈtʲitʲi//prɔsʋʲeːˈtʲitʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /prɔsʋeːˈtiti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /prɔsʋʲeːˈtʲitʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /prɔsʋʲeːˈtʲitʲi/

  • Hyphenation: про‧свѣ‧ти‧ти

Verb

просвѣтити (prosvětitipf (imperfective просвѣщати)

  1. (transitive) to enlighten
    • c. 1425, Hypatian Codex[1], page 7:
      А҆ по ꙗ҆рополцѣ. володимеръ. и҆же кнѧжи в кие҆вѣ· и҆же просвѣти ꙁемлю роус҆коую ст҃ымъ крещенїе҆мъ჻
      A po jaropolcě. volodimerŭ. iže knęži v kijevě· iže prosvěti zemlju ruskuju st:ymŭ kreščenijemŭ჻
      And after Yaropolk, Vladimer did, who ruled in Kiev, who enlightened the Rusian land with holy christianisation.

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “просвѣтити”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1565