Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъrčati

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

Alternative forms

*vъrkati

Etymology

From earlier *vъrkěti. Akin to Latin urcō and Lithuanian ur̃kioti, ur̃kti, ver̃kti.

Verb

*vъrčati

(intransitive) to coo?, to growl?, to grumble?, to grunt?, to snarl?
Synonyms: *burčati, *gъrkati

Inflection

Conjugation of *vъrčati, *vъrča, *vъrčitь (?, -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vъrčanьje	*vъrčati	*vъrčatъ	*vъrčalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vъrčanъ	*vъrčimъ
Active	*vъrčavъ	*vъrčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vъrčaxъ	*vъrča	*vъrča	*vъrčǫ	*vъrčiši	*vъrčitь
Dual	*vъrčaxově	*vъrčasta	*vъrčaste	*vъrčivě	*vъrčita	*vъrčite
Plural	*vъrčaxomъ	*vъrčaste	*vъrčašę	*vъrčimъ	*vъrčite	*vъrčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vъrčaaxъ	*vъrčaaše	*vъrčaaše	—	*vъrči	*vъrči
Dual	*vъrčaaxově	*vъrčaašeta	*vъrčaašete	*vъrčivě	*vъrčita	—
Plural	*vъrčaaxomъ	*vъrčaašete	*vъrčaaxǫ	*vъrčimъ	*vъrčite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: върчати (vŭrčati), въркати (vŭrkati)
  - Old Ruthenian: ворча́ти (vorčáti), *ворка́ти (*vorkáti)
    - Belarusian: варча́ць (varčácʹ)
    - Ukrainian: ворка́ти (vorkáty)
  - Russian: ворча́ть (vorčátʹ)
South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Russian Church Slavonic: връчати (vrŭčati)
- Bulgarian: върча́ (vǎrčá) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: вр́чати
  
  Latin script: vrčati
- Slovene: vŕčati, vŕkati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Old Czech: vrčěti
  - Czech: vrčet, vrkat
- Old Polish: warczeć
  - Polish: warczeć
- Slovak: vrčať
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: warcaś
  - Upper Sorbian: wórčeć