Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orstiti

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 *orstъ (“growth”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*orstiti

1. (transitive) to grow (to cause or allow to become bigger)

Inflection

Conjugation of *orstiti, *orsti, *orstitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*orsťenьje	*orstiti	*orstitъ	*orstilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*orsťenъ	*orstimъ
Active	*orsťь	*orstę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*orstixъ	*orsti	*orsti	*orsťǫ	*orstiši	*orstitь
Dual	*orstixově	*orstista	*orstiste	*orstivě	*orstita	*orstite
Plural	*orstixomъ	*orstiste	*orstišę	*orstimъ	*orstite	*orstętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*orsťaaxъ	*orsťaaše	*orsťaaše	—	*orsti	*orsti
Dual	*orsťaaxově	*orsťaašeta	*orsťaašete	*orstivě	*orstita	—
Plural	*orsťaaxomъ	*orsťaašete	*orsťaaxǫ	*orstimъ	*orstite	—

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

Related terms

adjectives

• *orstlъ
• *samoorstlъ

 

nouns

• *orstežь
• *orsťa
• *vъzorstь

 

verb

• *orsti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic
  • Belarusian: расці́ць (rascícʹ)
  • Russian: расти́ть (rastítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: рости́ти (rostýty)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic: растити (rastiti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: растити

    Latin script: rastiti

  • Slovene: rastiti (obsolete)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: rostiti (rare)
  • Old Polish: rościć się (“to multiply, proliferate”)
    • Polish: rościć (“to arrogate”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orstiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 201