Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žariti

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 *žarъ (“heat”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*žàriti impf

1. to roast, to fry, to broil, to grill
2. to burn, to scorch (of the sun)

Inflection

Conjugation of *žariti, *žari, *žaritь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*žařenьje	*žariti	*žaritъ	*žarilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*žařenъ	*žarimъ
Active	*žařь	*žarę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žarixъ	*žari	*žari	*žařǫ	*žariši	*žaritь
Dual	*žarixově	*žarista	*žariste	*žarivě	*žarita	*žarite
Plural	*žarixomъ	*žariste	*žarišę	*žarimъ	*žarite	*žarętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žařaaxъ	*žařaaše	*žařaaše	—	*žari	*žari
Dual	*žařaaxově	*žařaašeta	*žařaašete	*žarivě	*žarita	—
Plural	*žařaaxomъ	*žařaašete	*žařaaxǫ	*žarimъ	*žarite	—

Notes:
• (*)*žarivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: жарити (žariti)
    • Belarusian: жа́рыць (žárycʹ)
    • Ukrainian: жа́рити (žáryty), жарі́ти (žaríty)
  • Middle Russian: жарити (žariti)
    • Russian: жа́рить (žáritʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: жарити (žariti, “in the cold”) (autoantonym)
    • Bulgarian: жа̀ря (žàrja)
    • Macedonian: жа́ри (žári)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: жа́рити

    Latin script: žáriti

  • Slovene: žaríti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zářit
  • Polish: żarzyć
  • Slovak: žiarit

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “жа́рыць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka