Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koriti

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 *kar-, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er-. Cognate with Lithuanian káirinti (“to provoke”) (with secondary ablaut), Latvian kaĩrinât, karinât (“to tease, to irritate”), Latin carināre (“to use abusive language”), Old High German harawēn (“to mock”), Ancient Greek κάρνη (kárnē, “damage, loss”) (Hesychius), Old Irish caire (“blame”).

Verb

*korìti

1. to reproach

Inflection

Conjugation of *koriti, *kori, *koritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kořenьje	*koriti	*koritъ	*korilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kořenъ	*korimъ
Active	*kořь	*korę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*korixъ	*kori	*kori	*kořǫ	*koriši	*koritь
Dual	*korixově	*korista	*koriste	*korivě	*korita	*korite
Plural	*korixomъ	*koriste	*korišę	*korimъ	*korite	*korętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kořaaxъ	*kořaaše	*kořaaše	—	*kori	*kori
Dual	*kořaaxově	*kořaašeta	*kořaašete	*korivě	*korita	—
Plural	*kořaaxomъ	*kořaašete	*kořaaxǫ	*korimъ	*korite	—

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

Related terms

• *kara (“punishment”)
• *karati (“to scold, to punish”)
• *korъ (“reproach?”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: корити (koriti)
    • Belarusian: кары́ць (karýcʹ)
    • Russian: кори́ть (korítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: кори́ти (korýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: корити (koriti)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: коря́ (korjá)
  • Macedonian: кори (kori)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̀рити

    Latin script: kòriti

  • Slovene: korīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kořiti
    • Czech: kořit
  • Polish: korzyć
  • Slovak: koriť
  • Slovincian: kôrzëc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: korić (usually pokorić)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*koriti I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 74
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress