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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čersti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kert-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, extension of *(s)ker-. Cognate with Latvian cìrst (“to hew, slash”), Lithuanian kir̃sti (“to hew, slash”), Old High German scrintan (“to split, burst”), Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to cut, split, break”).

Verb

*čersti[1]

  1. to carve, slash?
    Synonym: *rězati
  2. to draw
    Synonyms: *čьrtati, *pьsati
  3. to furrow?
    Synonyms: *borzditi, *orati

Inflection
Conjugation of *čersti, *čьrte, *čьrtetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*čьrtenьje *čersti *čerstъ *čьrtlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *čьrtenъ *čьrtomъ
Active *čьrtъ *čьrty
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *čьrt(ox)ъ*čьrte*čьrte *čьrtǫ*čьrteši*čьrtetь
Dual *čьrt(ox)ově*čьrt(e/os)ta*čьrt(e/os)te *čьrtevě*čьrteta*čьrtete
Plural *čьrt(ox)omъ*čьrt(e/os)te*čьrtǫ, *čьrtošę *čьrtemъ*čьrtete*čьrtǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *čьrtěaxъ*čьrtěaše*čьrtěaše —*čьrti*čьrti
Dual *čьrtěaxově*čьrtěašeta*čьrtěašete *čьrtěvě*čьrtěta—
Plural *čьrtěaxomъ*čьrtěašete*čьrtěaxǫ *čьrtěmъ*čьrtěte—

See also
  • *čьrtъ
  • *čerťa
  • *čertъ, *čerta
  • *čьrkati, *čьrkačь
  • *čьrxati, *čьrxlja, *čьrslь
  • *čarati, *čara, *čariti
  • *kъrčiti

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *чьрсти (*čĭrsti)?, чьрту (čĭrtu, “to hew, slash”), очерести (očeresti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: очрѣсти (očrěsti, “to carve”)
      Glagolitic script: ⱁⱍⱃⱑⱄⱅⰻ (očrěsti)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “черту”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čersti, *čьrtǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 75
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*občersti/*občьrsti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 75
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “чьрсти, чьрту, чрьту”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, чьрту, чрьту column 1568
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “очьрсти, очерести, очьрту”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, очерести, очьрту column 849

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čersti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 85: “v. ‘carve, slash’”
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