Sacrifice

"Sacrifice" in Russian

же́ртва

žértva

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

жертвоприноше́ние

žertvoprinošénije

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

поже́ртвование

požértvovanije

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

поже́ртвование

požértvovanije

(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)

же́ртвовать

žértvovatʹ

((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)

же́ртвовать

žértvovatʹ

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

же́ртвовать

žértvovatʹ

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

поже́ртвовать

požértvovatʹ

((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)

поже́ртвовать

požértvovatʹ

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

поже́ртвовать

požértvovatʹ

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

принести́ в же́ртву

prinestí v žértvu

((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)

приноси́ть в же́ртву

prinosítʹ v žértvu

((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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