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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 *věra + *-iti.
Verb
*věriti
- to believe
Inflection
Conjugation of *věriti, *věri, *věritь (?, -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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| *věřenьje
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*věriti
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*věritъ
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*věrilъ
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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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*věřenъ
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*věrimъ
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| Active
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*věřь
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*věrę
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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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*věrixъ |
*věri |
*věri
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*věřǫ |
*věriši |
*věritь
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| Dual
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*věrixově |
*věrista |
*věriste
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*věrivě |
*věrita |
*věrite
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| Plural
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*věrixomъ |
*věriste |
*věrišę
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*věrimъ |
*věrite |
*věrętь
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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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*věřaaxъ |
*věřaaše |
*věřaaše
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*věri |
*věri
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| Dual
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*věřaaxově |
*věřaašeta |
*věřaašete
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*věrivě |
*věrita |
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| Plural
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*věřaaxomъ |
*věřaašete |
*věřaaxǫ
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*věrimъ |
*věrite |
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Notes: - (*)*věrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic
- West Slavic
- Old Czech: věřiti
- Old Polish: wierzyć
- Old Slovak: veriť
- Pomeranian:
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: wěrić
- Lower Sorbian: wěriś
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ве́рить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress