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взять

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъzęti. By surface analysis, вз- (vz-) +‎ ять (jatʹ).

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взять • (vzjatʹ) pf (imperfective (suppletive) брать)

  1. to take
    Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 3.21:
    • И, услышав, ближние Его пошли взять Его, ибо говорили, что Он вышел из себя.
      I, uslyšav, bližnije Jevo pošli vzjatʹ Jevo, ibo govorili, što On vyšel iz sebja.
      When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
    взять шту́рмом что́-либо ― vzjatʹ štúrmom štó-libo ― to take something by storm
    взять к себе́ ― vzjatʹ k sebé ― to take in; to shelter
    вме́сте взя́тых ― vméste vzjátyx ― to put together, combined
  2. to choose a direction, to turn

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