Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gręziti

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

See *gręzti.

Verb

*gręziti

1. to sink

Inflection

Conjugation of *gręziti, *gręzi, *gręzitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gręženьje	*gręziti	*gręzitъ	*gręzilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*gręženъ	*gręzimъ
Active	*gręžь	*gręzę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gręzixъ	*gręzi	*gręzi	*gręžǫ	*gręziši	*gręzitь
Dual	*gręzixově	*gręzista	*gręziste	*gręzivě	*gręzita	*gręzite
Plural	*gręzixomъ	*gręziste	*gręzišę	*gręzimъ	*gręzite	*gręzętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gręžaaxъ	*gręžaaše	*gręžaaše	—	*gręzi	*gręzi
Dual	*gręžaaxově	*gręžaašeta	*gręžaašete	*gręzivě	*gręzita	—
Plural	*gręžaaxomъ	*gręžaašete	*gręžaaxǫ	*gręzimъ	*gręzite	—

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

Related terms

• *gręza (“mud, dirt, mire”)
• *gręzti (“to sink”)
• *grę̑zь (“mud, dirt”)
• *grę̑znǫti (“to sink”)
• *grǫziti (“to sink”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: грѧзити (gręziti)
  • Slovene: greziti
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hříziti

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gręziti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 188