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простереть

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Russian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *prosterti (first singular *prostьrǫ), composed of *pro- +‎ *sterti, cognate with Sanskrit स्तृणाति (stṛṇā́ti, to sprinkle, throw), स्तृणोति (stṛṇṓti), स्तरति (stárati), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (staraiti, to stretch out), Latvian stirinât (to move, shake), Ancient Greek στόρνῡμι (stórnūmi, to spread), στορέννῡμι (storénnūmi), στρώννῡμι (strṓnnūmi), Latin sternō (to spread out). Past passive participle *prostьrtъ is an exact cognate of Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (frastərəta), and base form *stьrtъ is an exact cognate of Sanskrit स्तृत (stṛtá), Ancient Greek στρωτός (strōtós), Latin strātus. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic прострѣти (prostrěti) (first singular простьрѫ (prostĭrǫ)), Serbo-Croatian про̀стриjети (first singular про̏стриjе̄м), Slovene prostrẹ́ti (first singular prostrèm), Czech prostříti, etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prəsʲtʲɪˈrʲetʲ]

Verb

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простере́ть (prosterétʹpf (imperfective простира́ть)

  1. to stretch, to extend, to hold/reach (out)
    простере́ть ру́киprosterétʹ rúkito raise [hold / reach out] one's hands

Conjugation

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “простереть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress