багроветь

Russian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic багрити (bagriti, “to redden, to become scarlet-coloured”), from Old Church Slavonic багръ (bagrŭ, “purple”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to heat up; bathe”). Cognates include English bake, German bähen (“to bake”) and Ancient Greek φώγω (phṓgō, “to roast”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəɡrɐˈvʲetʲ]

Verb

багрове́ть • (bagrovétʹ) impf (perfective побагрове́ть)

  1. to grow/turn crimson/purple, redden, flush
    багрове́ть от гнева ― bagrovétʹ ot gneva ― flush with anger; turn purple with rage

Conjugation

References

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