Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berťi

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 *bergtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *berganą.

Verb

*berťì impf[1][2]

  1. to safeguard, protect, to take care for

Conjugation

Conjugation of *berťi, *berže, *beržetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*berženьje *berťi *berťь *berglъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *berženъ *bergomъ
Active *bergъ *bergy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *berg(ox)ъ *berže *berže *bergǫ *beržeši *beržetь
Dual *berg(ox)ově *berg(e/os)ta *berg(e/os)te *berževě *beržeta *beržete
Plural *berg(ox)omъ *berg(e/os)te *bergǫ, *bergošę *beržemъ *beržete *bergǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *beržaaxъ *beržaaše *beržaaše — *berdzi *berdzi
Dual *beržaaxově *beržaašeta *beržaašete *berdzěvě *berdzěta —
Plural *beržaaxomъ *beržaašete *beržaaxǫ *berdzěmъ *berdzěte —

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: берагчы́ (bjerahčý)
    • Russian: бере́чь (beréčʹ)
    • Ukrainian: беречи́ (berečý), берегти́ (berehtý)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: брѣщи (brěšti), Old Cyrillic script: небрѣщи (nebrěšti, “to neglect, to ignore”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бриjѐħи (archaic)
      Latin script: brijèći (archaic)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bergtì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 36: “v. (c?) ‘take care of ’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bergǫ bertji”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c skåne, bevare (PR 139)”
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