Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pražiti

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *prog-éye-ti, causative of *preg- (“to yearn, covet”).

Verb

*pražiti

(transitive) to fry, to roast
Synonyms: *smàžiti, *žàriti

Inflection

Conjugation of *pražiti, *praži, *pražitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*praženьje	*pražiti	*pražitъ	*pražilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*praženъ	*pražimъ
Active	*pražь	*pražę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pražixъ	*praži	*praži	*pražǫ	*pražiši	*pražitь
Dual	*pražixově	*pražista	*pražiste	*praživě	*pražita	*pražite
Plural	*pražixomъ	*pražiste	*pražišę	*pražimъ	*pražite	*pražętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pražaaxъ	*pražaaše	*pražaaše	—	*praži	*praži
Dual	*pražaaxově	*pražaašeta	*pražaašete	*praživě	*pražita	—
Plural	*pražaaxomъ	*pražaašete	*pražaaxǫ	*pražimъ	*pražite	—

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

Related terms

nouns

*pьrga
*praga

verbs

*pьržiti
*pragnǫti

Descendants

East Slavic
- Old East Slavic: пряжити (prjažiti)
  - Belarusian: пра́жыць (prážycʹ)
  - Russian: пря́жить (prjážitʹ)
  - Ukrainian: пра́жити (prážyty), пря́жити (prjážyty)
South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic: пражити (pražiti)
- Bulgarian: пра́жа (práža)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пра̏жити
- Slovene: prážiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Czech: pražit
- Polish: prażyć
- Slovak: pražiť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: pšažyś
  - Upper Sorbian: pražić

Non-Slavic
- → Romanian: prăji