Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъverzti

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

By surface analysis, *otъ- +‎ *verzti.

Verb

*otъverzti pf

1. to untie

Inflection

Conjugation of *otъverzti, *otъvьrze, *otъvьrzetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*otъvьrstьje	*otъverzti	*otъverztъ	*otъvьrzlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*otъvьrstъ	*otъvьrzomъ
Active	*otъvьrzъ	*otъvьrzy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*otъvьrz(ox)ъ	*otъvьrze	*otъvьrze	*otъvьrzǫ	*otъvьrzeši	*otъvьrzetь
Dual	*otъvьrz(ox)ově	*otъvьrz(e/os)ta	*otъvьrz(e/os)te	*otъvьrzevě	*otъvьrzeta	*otъvьrzete
Plural	*otъvьrz(ox)omъ	*otъvьrz(e/os)te	*otъvьrzǫ, *otъvьrzošę	*otъvьrzemъ	*otъvьrzete	*otъvьrzǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*otъvьrzěaxъ	*otъvьrzěaše	*otъvьrzěaše	—	*otъvьrzi	*otъvьrzi
Dual	*otъvьrzěaxově	*otъvьrzěašeta	*otъvьrzěašete	*otъvьrzěvě	*otъvьrzěta	—
Plural	*otъvьrzěaxomъ	*otъvьrzěašete	*otъvьrzěaxǫ	*otъvьrzěmъ	*otъvьrzěte	—

Conjugation of *otъverzti, *otъverze, *otъvьrzetь (?, -C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*otъvьrstьje	*otъverzti	*otъverztъ	*otъvьrzlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*otъvьrstъ	*otъvьrzomъ
Active	*otъvьrzъ	*otъvьrzy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*otъversъ	*otъverze	*otъverze	*otъvьrzǫ	*otъvьrzeši	*otъvьrzetь
Dual	*otъversově	*otъversta	*otъverste	*otъvьrzevě	*otъvьrzeta	*otъvьrzete
Plural	*otъversomъ	*otъverste	*otъversę	*otъvьrzemъ	*otъvьrzete	*otъvьrzǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*otъvьrzěaxъ	*otъvьrzěaše	*otъvьrzěaše	—	*otъvьrzi	*otъvьrzi
Dual	*otъvьrzěaxově	*otъvьrzěašeta	*otъvьrzěašete	*otъvьrzěvě	*otъvьrzěta	—
Plural	*otъvьrzěaxomъ	*otъvьrzěašete	*otъvьrzěaxǫ	*otъvьrzěmъ	*otъvьrzěte	—

Alternative reconstructions

• *otverzti

Derived terms

• *otъvьrztьje (“aperture”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: отъврезти (otŭvrezti)
    • Russian: отве́рзть (otvérztʹ) (poetic)
    • Ukrainian: отве́рзтися (otvérztysja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: отъврѣсти (otŭvrěsti)

  • Bulgarian: отвъ́ржа (otvǎ́rža)
  • Macedonian: одврже (odvrže) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: одвр́сти (Karadzić's dictionary)

    Latin script: odvŕsti

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “отве́рстие”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 610
• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*otъverzti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 69