пожрѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

пожрьти (požrĭti)
пожръти (požrŭti)
пожьрти (požĭrti)
пожърти (požŭrti)

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ жрѣти (žrěti), from Proto-Slavic *žerti.

Verb

пожрѣти • (požrěti) pf

to swallow
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “пожьретъ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 264.5, line 21:
  ни да пожьретъ мене змии҆ глѫбинънꙑи҆ ·
  ni da požĭretŭ mene zmii glǫbinŭnyi ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(religion) to offer, sacrifice
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “пожьри”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[2] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 114, line 9:
  комисъ рече почти си старость҆ и҅ о̑усрамьꙗи҅ сѧ сѣдинъ свои҅хъ · и҅ пожьри великоуо̑умоу богоу а҅склипию̑ ·
  komisŭ reče počti si starostĭ hi ôusramĭjhai sę sědinŭ svhoixŭ · hi požĭri velikuôumu bogu hasklipijû ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “пожъръ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[3] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 57, line 18:
  шъдъ же а҅нѳѵпатъ въ а҅памии҅скꙑи градъ · и҅ пожъръ коумиромъ ·
  šŭdŭ že hanθüpatŭ vŭ hapamhiiskyi gradŭ · hi požŭrŭ kumiromŭ ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of пожрѣти (class IA1, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
пожрѣти požrěti	пожрѣтъ požrětŭ	пожрѣньѥ požrěnĭje

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		пожьрꙑ požĭry	пожьръ požĭrŭ
passive		пожьромъ požĭromŭ	пожрѣнъ požrěnŭ

singular		пожьрлъ požĭrlŭ	пожьрло požĭrlo	пожьрла požĭrla
dual		пожьрла požĭrla	пожьрлѣ požĭrlě	пожьрлѣ požĭrlě
plural		пожьрли požĭrli	пожьрла požĭrla	пожьрлꙑ požĭrly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	пожьрѫ požĭrǫ	пожьрѣахъ požĭrěaxŭ	—
	2nd	пожьреши požĭreši	пожьрѣаше požĭrěaše	пожьри požĭri
	3rd	пожьретъ požĭretŭ	пожьрѣаше požĭrěaše	пожьри požĭri
dual	1st	пожьревѣ požĭrevě	пожьрѣаховѣ požĭrěaxově	пожьрѣве požĭrěve
	2nd	пожьрета požĭreta	пожьрѣашета požĭrěašeta	пожьрѣта požĭrěta
	3rd	пожьрете, пожьрета požĭrete, požĭreta	пожьрѣашете, пожьрѣашета požĭrěašete, požĭrěašeta	—
plural	1st	пожьремъ požĭremŭ	пожьрѣахомъ požĭrěaxomŭ	пожьрѣмъ požĭrěmŭ
	2nd	пожьрете požĭrete	пожьрѣашете požĭrěašete	пожьрѣте požĭrěte
	3rd	пожьрѫтъ požĭrǫtŭ	пожьрѣахѫ požĭrěaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁶
singular	1st	пожрѣхъ požrěxŭ
	2nd	пожрѣ(тъ) požrě(tŭ)
	3rd	пожрѣ(тъ) požrě(tŭ)
dual	1st	пожрѣховѣ požrěxově
	2nd	пожрѣста požrěsta
	3rd	пожрѣсте, пожрѣста požrěste, požrěsta
plural	1st	пожрѣхомъ požrěxomŭ
	2nd	пожрѣсте požrěste
	3rd	пожрѣшѧ požrěšę

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of пожрѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → пожьрлъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of пожрѣти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → пожьрлъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of пожрѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ пожрѣти
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of пожрѣти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → пожьрлъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of пожрѣти and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → пожьрлъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of пожрѣти. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Related terms

жрьтва (žrĭtva)
жрѣло (žrělo)
жрьць (žrĭcĭ)

References

Miklosich, Franz (1850), Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti‎^[4], Vienna
Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка‎^[5], София