Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrčevati

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 *kъrčь +‎ *-ovati

Verb

*kъrčevati^[1]

to root out, to extirpate

Conjugation

Conjugation of *kъrčevati, *kъrčeva, *kъrčujetь (?, -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kъrčevanьje	*kъrčevati	*kъrčevatъ	*kъrčevalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kъrčevanъ	*kъrčujemъ
Active	*kъrčevavъ	*kъrčuję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъrčevaxъ	*kъrčeva	*kъrčeva	*kъrčujǫ	*kъrčuješi	*kъrčujetь
Dual	*kъrčevaxově	*kъrčevasta	*kъrčevaste	*kъrčujevě	*kъrčujeta	*kъrčujete
Plural	*kъrčevaxomъ	*kъrčevaste	*kъrčevašę	*kъrčujemъ	*kъrčujete	*kъrčujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъrčevaaxъ	*kъrčevaaše	*kъrčevaaše	—	*kъrčuji	*kъrčuji
Dual	*kъrčevaaxově	*kъrčevaašeta	*kъrčevaašete	*kъrčujivě	*kъrčujita	—
Plural	*kъrčevaaxomъ	*kъrčevaašete	*kъrčevaaxǫ	*kъrčujimъ	*kъrčujite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: карчава́ць (karčavácʹ)
- Russian: корчева́ть (korčevátʹ)
- Ukrainian: корчува́ти (korčuváty)
West Slavic:
- Polish: karczować, korczować
- Slovak: krčovať
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: kôrczowac
  - Slovincian: karczowac

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrčevati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 209

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrčevati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 209

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