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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perčiti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Causative derivative of *perkъ (“transverse, direct”) + *-iti, commonly viewed as a k-extension of Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to propel, forwards”).
Verb
*perčìti impf (perfective *perknǫti)[1]
- to interfere with
- to deny, to negate
Inflection
Conjugation of *perčiti, *perči, *perčitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *perčenьje | *perčiti | *perčitъ | *perčilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *perčenъ | *perčimъ |
| Active | *perčь | *perčę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *perčixъ | *perči | *perči | *perčǫ | *perčiši | *perčitь |
| Dual | *perčixově | *perčista | *perčiste | *perčivě | *perčita | *perčite |
| Plural | *perčixomъ | *perčiste | *perčišę | *perčimъ | *perčite | *perčętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *perčaaxъ | *perčaaše | *perčaaše | — | *perči | *perči |
| Dual | *perčaaxově | *perčaašeta | *perčaašete | *perčivě | *perčita | — |
| Plural | *perčaaxomъ | *perčaašete | *perčaaxǫ | *perčimъ | *perčite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*perčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *perčьnъ (“transverse, opposite”)
- *perti (“to oppose”)
- *porkъ (“sling”)
- *pъrknǫti (“to appear (out of nowhere)”)
Derived terms
- *perčьka (“obstacle”)
- *perperčiti (“to obstruct”)
- *zaperčiti (“to hinder”)
- *naperčiti (“to propel across”)
- *vъperčiti (“to get involved”)
- *jьzpertiti (“to stumble across, to take an opposing stance”)
- *poperčiti (“to disrupt”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: пере́чить (peréčitʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: въпрѣчaти (vŭprěčati, “to get involved”)
- Bulgarian: преча (preča)
- Macedonian: пречи (preči)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: приjе́чити
- Latin: prijéčiti
- Slovene: prẹ́čiti
- West Slavic:
- Polish: przeczyć (“to contradict”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пере́чить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “преча”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 685
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “prẹ́čiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*perči̋ti”