Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svьrběti

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

Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *swr̥bʰ-, from *swerbʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian skver̃bti (“to pierce”).
Per Vasmer, cognate with Latvian svãrpsts (“drill”), Old Norse svarf (“sawdust”).

Verb

*svьrběti impf

to itch

Inflection

Conjugation of *svьrběti, *svьrbě, *svьrbitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*svьrběnьje	*svьrběti	*svьrbětъ	*svьrbělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*svьrběvъ	*svьrbę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svьrběxъ	*svьrbě	*svьrbě	*svьrbľǫ	*svьrbiši	*svьrbitь
Dual	*svьrběxově	*svьrběsta	*svьrběste	*svьrbivě	*svьrbita	*svьrbite
Plural	*svьrběxomъ	*svьrběste	*svьrběšę	*svьrbimъ	*svьrbite	*svьrbętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svьrběaxъ	*svьrběaše	*svьrběaše	—	*svьrbi	*svьrbi
Dual	*svьrběaxově	*svьrběašeta	*svьrběašete	*svьrbivě	*svьrbita	—
Plural	*svьrběaxomъ	*svьrběašete	*svьrběaxǫ	*svьrbimъ	*svьrbite	—

Related terms

*svȏrbъ (“itch”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: свярбе́ць (svjarbjécʹ)
- Russian: свербе́ть (sverbétʹ, “to itch, to irritate (colloquial)”)
- Ukrainian: свербі́ти (sverbíty, “to itch”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: сърбя́ (sǎrbjá, “to itch”)
- Macedonian: сврби (svrbi, “to itch”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: свр̀бети
  
  Latin script: svŕbeti
- Slovene: srbẹ́ti (“to itch”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. srbím (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: svrběti
  - Czech: svrbět
- Old Polish: świrbieć
  - Polish: świerzbić, sierbić (Chełmno-Dobrzyń)
- Slovak: svrbieť (“to itch”)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: swjerbjeś

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*svьrběti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сво́роб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress