Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čerpti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *kerptei, *kirptei, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-, from *(s)ker-. Cognate with Latvian cìrpt (“to shave”), Lithuanian kir̃pti (“to cut, chop”).

Verb

*čerpti

1. to scoop, draw (about water or something loose)

Inflection

Conjugation of *čerpti, *čьrpe, *čьrpetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čьrpenьje	*čerpti	*čerptъ	*čьrplъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čьrpenъ	*čьrpomъ
Active	*čьrpъ	*čьrpy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čьrp(ox)ъ	*čьrpe	*čьrpe	*čьrpǫ	*čьrpeši	*čьrpetь
Dual	*čьrp(ox)ově	*čьrp(e/os)ta	*čьrp(e/os)te	*čьrpevě	*čьrpeta	*čьrpete
Plural	*čьrp(ox)omъ	*čьrp(e/os)te	*čьrpǫ, *čьrpošę	*čьrpemъ	*čьrpete	*čьrpǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čьrpěaxъ	*čьrpěaše	*čьrpěaše	—	*čьrpi	*čьrpi
Dual	*čьrpěaxově	*čьrpěašeta	*čьrpěašete	*čьrpěvě	*čьrpěta	—
Plural	*čьrpěaxomъ	*čьrpěašete	*čьrpěaxǫ	*čьrpěmъ	*čьrpěte	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: черці (čjerci)
  • Ukrainian: чере́ти (čeréty), черпсти́ (čerpstý)
  • Russian: че́рти (čérti)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: почрѣти (počrěti)
    • Church Slavonic: чръти (črŭti), чръсти (črŭsti), чрърсти (črŭrsti)
  • Bulgarian: че́рпа (čérpa); чъ́рпа (čǎ́rpa), цъ́рпа (cǎ́rpa) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: црпе (crpe)
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȑpsti
    • Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: čristi
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čřieti
    • Czech: čříti (dated)
  • Old Polish: *czrzeć
    • ⇒ Old Polish: naczarli (3rd person plural past)
  • Slovak: črieť
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: načrěć
    • Upper Sorbian: crěś