Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svьrběti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
- Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *swr̥bʰ-, from *swerbʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian skver̃bti (“to pierce”).
- Per Vasmer, cognate with Latvian svãrpsts (“drill”), Old Norse svarf (“sawdust”).
Verb
*svьrběti impf
- to itch
Inflection
Conjugation of *svьrběti, *svьrbě, *svьrbitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *svьrběnьje | *svьrběti | *svьrbětъ | *svьrbělъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | — | — |
| Active | *svьrběvъ | *svьrbę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *svьrběxъ | *svьrbě | *svьrbě | *svьrbľǫ | *svьrbiši | *svьrbitь |
| Dual | *svьrběxově | *svьrběsta | *svьrběste | *svьrbivě | *svьrbita | *svьrbite |
| Plural | *svьrběxomъ | *svьrběste | *svьrběšę | *svьrbimъ | *svьrbite | *svьrbętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *svьrběaxъ | *svьrběaše | *svьrběaše | — | *svьrbi | *svьrbi |
| Dual | *svьrběaxově | *svьrběašeta | *svьrběašete | *svьrbivě | *svьrbita | — |
| Plural | *svьrběaxomъ | *svьrběašete | *svьrběaxǫ | *svьrbimъ | *svьrbite | — |
Related terms
- *svȏrbъ (“itch”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: сърбя́ (sǎrbjá, “to itch”)
- Macedonian: сврби (svrbi, “to itch”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: srbẹ́ti (“to itch”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. srbím (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*svьrběti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сво́роб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress