ꙗтисѧ
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From ꙗти (jati, “to take”) + -сѧ (-sę).
Pronunciation
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɑtisɛ̃/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjatʲisʲa/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjatʲisʲa/
- Hyphenation: ꙗ‧ти‧сѧ
Verb
ꙗтисѧ (jatisę) pf
- (transitive) to grasp
- (transitive) to touch
- (transitive + dative) to fall to someone's lot
- 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 1:
- и ꙗсѧ въстокъ. симови
- i jasę vŭstokŭ. simovi
- and the east fell into Shem's lot
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References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “ꙗтисѧ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3: Р – Ꙗ и дополненія, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1671