обратить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обратити (obratiti), from Proto-Slavic *ob(v)ortiti, a derivative of *vortiti. Doublet of обороти́ть (oborotítʹ), the inherited Old East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbrɐˈtʲitʲ]
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Verb

обрати́ть (obratítʹ) pf (imperfective обраща́ть)

  1. to turn; to direct
    обрати́ть внима́ние (на)
    obratítʹ vnimánije (na)
    to pay attention (to)
    обрати́ть чьё-либо внима́ние (на)
    obratítʹ čʹjó-libo vnimánije (na)
    to call / draw smb.'s attention (to)
  2. to turn into
    обрати́ть в прах
    obratítʹ v prax
    to reduce to dust / ashes
  3. to convert
    обрати́ть в католи́чество
    obratítʹ v katolíčestvo
    to Catholicize

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), обратить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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