тъщатисѧ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From тъщати (tŭščati, to hasten) + -сѧ (-sę).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /tʊˈɕt͡ɕɑtisɛ̃/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /tʊˈɕt͡ɕatʲisʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈtɕt͡ɕatʲisʲa/
  • Hyphenation: тъ‧ща‧ти‧сѧ

Verb

тъщатисѧ (tŭščatisę) impf

  1. (intransitive) to hurry
  2. (auxiliary) to strive to; to try to
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 2:
      ѥгда чьтеши книгꙑ· не тъштисѧ бърꙁо иштисти до дроугыꙗ главиꙁнꙑ·
      jegda čĭteši knigy· ne tŭštisę bŭrzo ištisti do drugyja glavizny·
      when you read books, don't strive to quickly read on to the following chapter.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Russian: тщи́ться (tščítʹsja)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “тъщатисѧ”, 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), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1061
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