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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borti

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 *bárˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.

Verb

*bòrti[1][2]

  1. to fight (transitive)
  2. (reflexive) to struggle (reflexive)

Inflection
Conjugation of *borti, *bor, *bořetь (impf., -C/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*bortьje *borti *bortъ *borlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *bortъ *bořemъ
Active *borvъ *bořę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *borxъ*bor*bor *bořǫ*bořeši*bořetь
Dual *borxově*borsta*borste *bořevě*bořeta*bořete
Plural *borxomъ*borste*boršę *bořemъ*bořete*bořǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *bořaaxъ*bořaaše*bořaaše —*boři*boři
Dual *bořaaxově*bořaašeta*bořaašete *bořivě*bořita—
Plural *bořaaxomъ*bořaašete*bořaaxǫ *bořimъ*bořite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*borjenъ is doublet of past passive participle

Derived terms
  • *bȏrnь (“resistance, battle”)
  • *borьcь (“fighter, wrestler”)
  • *bořakъ (“winner of a fight”)
  • *borьba (“clash, fight”)
  • *boriti (“to wrestle, to fight”)
  • *boraviti (“to utilize”) (possibly)
  • *barati (“to seek, to examine”) (possibly)
  • *bornìti (“to defend, to protect”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бороться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 213
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “боря се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 69

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bòrti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 57: “v. (b)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “borti: borjǫ borjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 248f., 251; PR 136)”
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