зреть

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zrʲetʲ]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zьrěti (to ripen).

Verb

зреть (zretʹimpf (perfective созре́ть)

  1. to ripen, to mature
    • c. 1920, Сергей Буданцев, Мятеж
      в голове командующего зреют благие мысли:
      good thoughts are ripening in the commander's head
    • 1897, А. К. Гермониус, В Ясной Поляне. У Льва Толстого
      здесь в тени чудные лип и берез создавались и зрели чудные образы и художественные картины:
      here in the shadow of lovely lindens and birches wondrous images and artistic paintings were created and ripened
Conjugation
Derived terms
verbs

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic зьрѣти (zĭrěti), from Proto-Slavic *zьrěti (to see, to look at). Cognate to Lithuanian žiūrėti.

Verb

зреть (zretʹimpf (perfective узре́ть)

  1. (archaic) to watch, to look at
Conjugation
Derived terms
verbs