Mind & speech

to believe

Source:*věritiProto-Slaviccertain

Before the soft r of *věriti, Polish keeps ie and writes rz, Czech ř; compare wiara, víra 'faith'.

I knowI'm learning

English

to believe

Polish

wierzyć

ˈvjɛʐɨtɕ

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
ве́ритьveritʹ
ˈvʲerʲɪtʲinherited
Ukrainian
ві́ритиviryty
ˈʋʲirɪtɪinherited
Polish
wierzyć
ˈvjɛʐɨtɕinherited
Czech
věřit
ˈvjɛr̝ɪtinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
vjerovati / verovatiвјеровати / веровати
ˈvjerovatiinherited
English
to believe