Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grěšiti

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 *grěxъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*grěšiti impf[1][2]

to err, make mistakes

Conjugation

Conjugation of *grěšiti, *grěši, *grěšitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*grěšenьje	*grěšiti	*grěšitъ	*grěšilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*grěšenъ	*grěšimъ
Active	*grěšь	*grěšę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*grěšixъ	*grěši	*grěši	*grěšǫ	*grěšiši	*grěšitь
Dual	*grěšixově	*grěšista	*grěšiste	*grěšivě	*grěšita	*grěšite
Plural	*grěšixomъ	*grěšiste	*grěšišę	*grěšimъ	*grěšite	*grěšętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*grěšaaxъ	*grěšaaše	*grěšaaše	—	*grěši	*grěši
Dual	*grěšaaxově	*grěšaašeta	*grěšaašete	*grěšivě	*grěšita	—
Plural	*grěšaaxomъ	*grěšaašete	*grěšaaxǫ	*grěšimъ	*grěšite	—

(*)*grěšivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

nouns

*grěxota f (“error”)

verbs

*grěšьnъ (“wrong, erroneous”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: грашы́ць (hrašýcʹ)
- Russian: греши́ть (grešítʹ)
- Ukrainian: гріши́ти (hrišýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: грѣшити (grěšiti)
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: греша́ (grešá)
- Macedonian: греши (greši)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: гре́шити, грије́шити
  Latin: gréšiti, grijéšiti
- Slovene: grešíti
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hřěšiti
  - Czech: hřešit
- Old Polish: grzeszyć
  - Polish: grzeszyć
- Slovak: hrešiť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: grěšyś

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: greși

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grěšiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “grěšiti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 210

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grěšiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 118

[2] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “grěšiti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 210