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ять

ять

See also: -ять and -ать

Russian

Noun

ять (jatʹ) m inan (genitive я́тя, nominative plural я́ти, genitive plural я́тей)

  1. The archaic letter yat (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ).
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *ęti.

Verb

ять (jatʹ) pf (imperfective има́ть)

  1. (obsolete) to take
  2. (obsolete) to acquire, receive
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (take): взять (vzjatʹ)
  • (acquire): имать (imatʹ)
Derived terms