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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krьstiti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *krьstъ + *-iti.
Verb
*krьstiti
- to baptize
Inflection
Conjugation of *krьstiti, *krьsti, *krьstitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *krьsťenьje | *krьstiti | *krьstitъ | *krьstilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *krьsťenъ | *krьstimъ |
| Active | *krьsťь | *krьstę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *krьstixъ | *krьsti | *krьsti | *krьsťǫ | *krьstiši | *krьstitь |
| Dual | *krьstixově | *krьstista | *krьstiste | *krьstivě | *krьstita | *krьstite |
| Plural | *krьstixomъ | *krьstiste | *krьstišę | *krьstimъ | *krьstite | *krьstętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *krьsťaaxъ | *krьsťaaše | *krьsťaaše | — | *krьsti | *krьsti |
| Dual | *krьsťaaxově | *krьsťaašeta | *krьsťaašete | *krьstivě | *krьstita | — |
| Plural | *krьsťaaxomъ | *krьsťaašete | *krьsťaaxǫ | *krьstimъ | *krьstite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*krьstivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: крьстити (krĭstiti)
- Belarusian: хресцiць (xrjescicʹ)
- Russian: крести́ть (krestítʹ)
- Ukrainian: крести́ти (krestýty), хрести́ти (xrestýty)
- Old East Slavic: крьстити (krĭstiti)
- South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: крьстити (krĭstiti)
- Bulgarian: кръ́стя (krǎ́stja)
- Macedonian: крсти (krsti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кр̀стити
- Latin: kr̀stiti
- Slovene: kŕstiti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic
- Czech: křtít
- Old Polish: chrzcić, krcić, krścić, krzcić
- Polish: chrzcić
- Slovak: krstiť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: křćić
- Lower Sorbian: kšćiś
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “крести́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress