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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *krьstъ + *-iti.
Verb
*krьstiti
- to baptize
Inflection
Conjugation of *krьstiti, *krьsti, *krьstitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *krьsťenьje
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*krьstiti
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*krьstitъ
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*krьstilъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*krьsťenъ
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*krьstimъ
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| Active
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*krьsťь
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*krьstę
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*krьstixъ |
*krьsti |
*krьsti
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*krьsťǫ |
*krьstiši |
*krьstitь
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| Dual
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*krьstixově |
*krьstista |
*krьstiste
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*krьstivě |
*krьstita |
*krьstite
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| Plural
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*krьstixomъ |
*krьstiste |
*krьstišę
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*krьstimъ |
*krьstite |
*krьstętь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*krьsťaaxъ |
*krьsťaaše |
*krьsťaaše
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*krьsti |
*krьsti
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| Dual
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*krьsťaaxově |
*krьsťaašeta |
*krьsťaašete
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*krьstivě |
*krьstita |
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| Plural
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*krьsťaaxomъ |
*krьsťaašete |
*krьsťaaxǫ
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*krьstimъ |
*krьstite |
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Notes: - (*)*krьstivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: крьстити (krĭstiti)
- Belarusian: хресцiць (xrjescicʹ)
- Russian: крести́ть (krestítʹ)
- Ukrainian: крести́ти (krestýty), хрести́ти (xrestýty)
- South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: крьстити (krĭstiti)
- Bulgarian: кръ́стя (krǎ́stja)
- Macedonian: крсти (krsti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: кр̀стити
- Latin script: kr̀stiti
- Slovene: kŕstiti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic
- Old Czech: krstíti, křstíti, křtíti
- Old Polish: chrzcić, krcić, krścić, krzcić
- Slovak: krstiť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: křćić
- Lower Sorbian: kšćiś
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крести́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress