To reverence is what? Looking for the meaning of the word

Each word or expression has a history of its appearance in the language. Some of them live for centuries, others die, having survived only a few years. This is largely due to the level of development of society, culture, life of the people where the word lives. A lot of invisible threads connect the words with each other.

What do dictionaries tell

With the "biography" of the word can be found on the pages of dictionaries. There they also turn to reveal its lexical meaning.

For example, by asking what the word means to revere, it can be easily noticed - in dictionaries of different authors it has, basically, a similar interpretation, although there is a difference. Analysis of the frequency of word usage shows that it is used in 90% of cases in general vocabulary, in 10% - in church. This can explain the fact of similarity and difference in the interpretation of the verb in the dictionaries.

In the dictionary of T. Efremova, "revere" rises in a single row with verbs to test, manifest. Noun awe also has a connection to this series of words.

In the dictionary of SI Ozhegov for explanation, the phrase is used: "reverence is to treat with reverence for something or someone". Here the author gives a whole list of words related both to each other and to the verb to reverence - awe, grace, good, piety, blissful, bliss.

In the Dictionary of DN Ushakov, the explanation of the word is close to that of Ozhegov. And a number of antonyms contain such words as: despise, do not put in a penny.

In the dictionary of Dyachenko, where Church Slavonic expressions are collected, another interpretation of the verb is given. The meaning of the word, according to the author's views, follows from a whole chain of close words:

• Reverence - fear of God, deep respect;
• Reverent - zealous for God, devout;
• To reverence - to give great honor to God, to be devout;
• Reverence is humility and fear, which is caused by devotion and love.

Etymology of the word

To understand what it means to be awed, or to disclose the meaning of some other word, sometimes it is enough to figure out where and how it came into the language.

Linguistic scholars believe that most of the words like a verb reverence appeared in Russian as a result of the educational activities of Cyril and Methodius. Their translation into Russian of Holy Scripture and other liturgical books allowed the Slavs who accepted Christianity to turn to God in their native language.

But initially many borrowings from ancient Greek and Hebrew languages were alien to the sound of Russian speech, and the meaning is incomprehensible. With the development of the literary Slavonic language, borrowed words began to be supplanted, since they were replaced by correspondences that arose in their native language. A verb of awe is one of many words that have Church Slavonic origin.

Calculation

Borrowed not only individual words, but also the ways of their formation. One of them - kalkirovanie. The translation of a word from a foreign language is carried out in parts, and then it develops into a single whole.

This explains the scientists a large number of complex words in the Russian language. For example, the morpheme "good" is marked in different dictionaries in more than 700 linguistic units. It can be concluded that the word reverence is the result of a similar way of word formation.

Associations

In the process of searching for the meaning of a word, a passive and active vocabulary is greatly expanded in a person. And if you use the reception of associations, then much faster you can understand the meaning of a certain word, while the completion of the dictionary will be guaranteed.

For example, a translation into English makes it clear that to reverence is to tremble, to worship, to apply, to read. In modern Russian synonyms of the infinitive are such words as to manage, give, work, pray, worship, bow down, obey. The words "to bow your head", "look from below upwards", "create your own idol" complement and expand the meaning of the word to revere.

The use of the word itself in the composition of word combinations also reveals its meaning. You can reverence respectfully, clearly, weak-willed, stupid, naive, blind, obsequious. The woman, the man, the uncle, the teacher, the leader, people revere. The list goes on and on.

The same long can be a list of words that indicate the emergence of associations associated with the verb of reverence. Each person will have their own associations, because they depend on many factors - education, social status, age, life experience, etc.

Instead of concluding

Interest in the language is shown not only by people professionally engaged in its study, but also students, schoolchildren, as well as those who simply follow the development of the Russian language, is interested in its history.

Awareness of a person in matters of linguistics, a rich vocabulary is an indicator of the level of his literacy and general culture.