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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prositi
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *proḱ-éye-ti, causative of *preḱ-.
Verb
*prosìti[1]
- to ask
Conjugation
Conjugation of *prositi, *prosi, *prositь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *prošenьje | *prositi | *prositъ | *prosilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *prošenъ | *prosimъ |
| Active | *prošь | *prosę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *prosixъ | *prosi | *prosi | *prošǫ | *prosiši | *prositь |
| Dual | *prosixově | *prosista | *prosiste | *prosivě | *prosita | *prosite |
| Plural | *prosixomъ | *prosiste | *prosišę | *prosimъ | *prosite | *prosętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *prošaaxъ | *prošaaše | *prošaaše | — | *prosi | *prosi |
| Dual | *prošaaxově | *prošaašeta | *prošaašete | *prosivě | *prosita | — |
| Plural | *prošaaxomъ | *prošaašete | *prošaaxǫ | *prosimъ | *prosite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*prosivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
- *prošakъ (“beggar; asker”)
- *prositeľь (“beggar”)
- *prošьka (“remission, pardon”)
- *prosinьcь (“December; January”) ?
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: просити (prositi)
- Belarusian: прасі́ць (prasícʹ)
- Russian: проси́ть (prosítʹ)
- Ukrainian: проси́ти (prosýty)
- Old East Slavic: просити (prositi)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: просити (prositi)
- Bulgarian: про́ся (prósja)
- Macedonian: про́си (prósi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: про̀сити
- Latin: pròsiti
- Slovene: prósiti
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: prositi
- Czech: prosit
- Kashubian: prosëc
- Polabian: prüsĕt
- Old Polish: prosić
- Polish: prosić
- Slovak: prosiť
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: pšosyś
- Upper Sorbian: prosyć
- Old Czech: prositi
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prosìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “проси́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress