Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/raziti

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

Causative-iterative from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-, possibly inherited (compare akin Ancient Greek ῥώξ (rhṓx, “breach”)).

Verb

*razi̋ti or *ra̋ziti impf

1. to pound, to smite
2. to astound

Conjugation

Conjugation of *raziti, *razi, *razitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*raženьje	*raziti	*razitъ	*razilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*raženъ	*razimъ
Active	*ražь	*razę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*razixъ	*razi	*razi	*ražǫ	*raziši	*razitь
Dual	*razixově	*razista	*raziste	*razivě	*razita	*razite
Plural	*razixomъ	*raziste	*razišę	*razimъ	*razite	*razętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ražaaxъ	*ražaaše	*ražaaše	—	*razi	*razi
Dual	*ražaaxově	*ražaašeta	*ražaašete	*razivě	*razita	—
Plural	*ražaaxomъ	*ražaašete	*ražaaxǫ	*razimъ	*razite	—

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

Derived terms

verbs

• *jьzraziti
• *obraziti
• *orzraziti
• *otъraziti
• *poraziti
• *sъraziti
• *vъzraziti
• *zaraziti

nouns

• *raza (action noun)
• *raziteľь (agent noun)

Related terms

• *razъ (action noun)
• *rězati (“to cut”)
• *zaraza (“infection”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: разити (raziti)
    • Belarusian: разі́ць (razícʹ)
    • Russian: рази́ть (razítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: рази́ти (razýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: *разити (*raziti)
  • Bulgarian: разя́ (razjá) (obsolete)
  • Slovene: ráziti
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: razit
  • Old Polish: razić
    • Polish: razić
    • Silesian: razić
  • Slovak: raziť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “разить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “разити”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka