жрьтва

Old Church Slavonic

Slavs serving their Gods, Kosta Mandrović (1885).

Alternative forms

• жрътва (žrŭtva)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьrtva (“sacrifice”), from *žьrti (“to sacrifice”) +‎ *-tva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *girʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-. By surface analysis, жрьти (žrĭti) +‎ -тва (-tva).

Noun

жрьтва • (žrĭtva) f

1. sacrifice

   Synonym: жрьтиѥ (žrĭtije)

   • from Vita Constantini, 1501100-1501110:

     и не бранꙗхꙋ жрьтвь творити по прьвомꙋ ѡбꙑчаю ни женитвѣ бесчьстнꙑихь.

     i ne branjaxu žrĭtvĭ tvoriti po prĭvomu obyčaju ni ženitvě besčĭstnyixĭ.

     And they forbade neither the offering of sacrifices according to the ancient custom, nor shameful marriages.

   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жрътвꙑ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 67.5, line 4:

     полемѡнъ рече : пожь҆ри о̑убо по цѣсароу повелѣнию̑ · пиѡ̑нии҆ рече : а҅зъ чловѣкоу жрътвꙑ не творѫ ·

     polemonŭ reče : požĭri ȏubo po cěsaru povelěnijȗ · piȏnii rečhe : azŭ člověku žrŭtvy ne tvorǫ ·

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2. offering

Declension

Declension of жрьтва (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	жрьтва žrĭtva	жрьтвѣ žrĭtvě	жрьтвꙑ žrĭtvy
genitive	жрьтвꙑ žrĭtvy	жрьтвоу žrĭtvu	жрьтвъ žrĭtvŭ
dative	жрьтвѣ žrĭtvě	жрьтвама žrĭtvama	жрьтвамъ žrĭtvamŭ
accusative	жрьтвѫ žrĭtvǫ	жрьтвѣ žrĭtvě	жрьтвꙑ žrĭtvy
instrumental	жрьтвоѭ žrĭtvojǫ	жрьтвама žrĭtvama	жрьтвами žrĭtvami
locative	жрьтвѣ žrĭtvě	жрьтвоу žrĭtvu	жрьтвахъ žrĭtvaxŭ
vocative	жрьтво žrĭtvo	жрьтвѣ žrĭtvě	жрьтвꙑ žrĭtvy

Derived terms

• жрьтвьнъ (žrĭtvĭnŭ)
  • жрьтвьникъ (žrĭtvĭnikŭ)

Related terms

• жрьць (žrĭcĭ)

Descendants

• → Romanian: jertfă

Further reading

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “жрьтва”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 220