Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dariti

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 *darъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*dariti

1. to bestow, to donate, to gift

Declension

Conjugation of *dariti, *dari, *daritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dařenьje	*dariti	*daritъ	*darilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dařenъ	*darimъ
Active	*dařь	*darę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*darixъ	*dari	*dari	*dařǫ	*dariši	*daritь
Dual	*darixově	*darista	*dariste	*darivě	*darita	*darite
Plural	*darixomъ	*dariste	*darišę	*darimъ	*darite	*darętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dařaaxъ	*dařaaše	*dařaaše	—	*dari	*dari
Dual	*dařaaxově	*dařaašeta	*dařaašete	*darivě	*darita	—
Plural	*dařaaxomъ	*dařaašete	*dařaaxǫ	*darimъ	*darite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дарити (dariti)
    • Old Ruthenian: дари́ти (daríti), дары́ти (darýti)
      • Belarusian: дары́ць (darýcʹ)
      • Ukrainian: дари́ти (darýty)
    • Russian: дари́ть (darítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: дарити (dariti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⰰⱃⰺⱅⰺ (dariti)

  • Bulgarian: даря́ (darjá), да́ра (dára)
  • Macedonian: дари (dari)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: да́рити (obsolete)

    Latin script: dáriti (obsolete)

  • Slovene: daríti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dařiti
    • Czech: dařit
  • Polish: darzyć
  • Slovak: dariť
  • Slovincian: darzëc
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: dariś
    • Upper Sorbian: darić

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*dariti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 190