Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orstiti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *orstъ (“growth”) + *-iti.
Verb
*orstiti
- (transitive) to grow (to cause or allow to become bigger)
Inflection
Conjugation of *orstiti, *orsti, *orstitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *orsťenьje | *orstiti | *orstitъ | *orstilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *orsťenъ | *orstimъ |
| Active | *orsťь | *orstę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *orstixъ | *orsti | *orsti | *orsťǫ | *orstiši | *orstitь |
| Dual | *orstixově | *orstista | *orstiste | *orstivě | *orstita | *orstite |
| Plural | *orstixomъ | *orstiste | *orstišę | *orstimъ | *orstite | *orstętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *orsťaaxъ | *orsťaaše | *orsťaaše | — | *orsti | *orsti |
| Dual | *orsťaaxově | *orsťaašeta | *orsťaašete | *orstivě | *orstita | — |
| Plural | *orsťaaxomъ | *orsťaašete | *orsťaaxǫ | *orstimъ | *orstite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*orstivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
adjectives
- *orstlъ
- *samoorstlъ
nouns
- *orstežь
- *orsťa
- *vъzorstь
verb
Descendants
- East Slavic
- South Slavic
- West Slavic
- Czech: rostiti (rare)
- Old Polish: rościć się (“to multiply, proliferate”)
- Polish: rościć (“to arrogate”)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orstiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 201