созерцать

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съзрьцати (sŭzrĭcati), from Proto-Slavic *zьrcati. Related to зреть (zretʹ), -зирать (-ziratʹ). Compare other verbs from the same root зе́риться (zéritʹsja), поза́рится (pozáritsja), зы́ркать (zýrkatʹ), зы́рить (zýritʹ). Compare native dialectal зе́ркать (zérkatʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səzʲɪrˈt͡satʲ]

Verb

созерца́ть • (sozercátʹ) impf

  1. (poetic, literary) to examine, to see, to behold, to observe, to gaze at
  2. (figuratively) to contemplate, to meditate

Conjugation

  • созерца́ние (sozercánije)
  • созерцатель (sozercatelʹ)
  • созерцательный (sozercatelʹnyj)
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