Sacrifice

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же́ртва

žértva

(human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity)

же́ртване

žértvane

(destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose)

жертвоприноше́ние

žertvoprinošénie

(killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity)

жертвам

žertvam

(to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable)

жертвам

žertvam

((chess) to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game)

принасям в жертва

prinasjam v žertva

((transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity)

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