ять
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- 1.
yat, the letter ѣlinguistics
Бу́кву ять отмени́ли в 1918 го́ду.
The letter yat was abolished in 1918.
Letter of the Old Russian and Church Slavonic alphabet; abolished by the 1918 spelling reform.
- 2.
(rare) take, grasp, seize, get
Он хоте́л ять его за ру́ку.
He wanted to take him by the arm.
Archaic verb (a homonym of the noun); the perfective counterpart of имать, hardly listed in modern dictionaries.
Examples
Он до сих пор пишет слова через ять.
He still spells words with the yat.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom.Nominative | я́ть | я́ти |
| Gen.Genitive | я́тя | я́тей |
| Dat.Dative | я́тю | я́тям |
| Acc.Accusative | я́ть | я́ти |
| Inst.Instrumental | я́тем | я́тями |
| Prep.Prepositional | я́те | я́тях |
Fixed expressions
- на я́тьflawless / perfect
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