Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rinǫti

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-Indo-European *h₃ri-né-H-ti, from the root *h₃reyH-. Cognate with Sanskrit रिणाति (riṇā́ti, “to make flow, to release”), Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō, “to set in motion, to stimulate, to irritate”) (Lesbian dialect ὀρίννω (orínnō)), Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”). Further related to Latin rīvus (“stream”), irrītō (“to irritate”), Old Irish rían (“sea”), riathor (“waterfall”), Old English rīð (“stream”).

Verb

*rìnǫti pf (imperfective *rivati (South Slavic) or *rějati (North Slavic))

1. to push, to shove, to force
   1. → (East Slavic) to throw, to expel
2. (reflexive) to flow, to stream

Inflection

Conjugation of *rinǫti, *rinǫ, *rinetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*rinovenьje	*rinǫti	*rinǫtъ	*rinǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*rinovenъ	—
Active	*rinǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*rinǫxъ	*rinǫ	*rinǫ	*rinǫ	*rineši	*rinetь
Dual	*rinǫxově	*rinǫsta	*rinǫste	*rinevě	*rineta	*rinete
Plural	*rinǫxomъ	*rinǫste	*rinǫšę	*rinemъ	*rinete	*rinǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*rini	*rini
Dual	—	—	—	*riněvě	*riněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*riněmъ	*riněte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

Verbs

• *rě̀jati
• *ristati
• *ritati
• *rьjati

 

Nouns

• *rě̄kà
• *ričь
• *riva
• *rõjь

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ринѫти (rinǫti), ринути (rinuti)
    • Belarusian: ры́нуць (rýnucʹ); ры́нуцца (rýnucca)
    • Russian: ри́нуть (rínutʹ) (obsolete); ри́нуться (rínutʹsja)
    • Ukrainian: ри́нути (rýnuty); ри́нутися (rýnutysja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ринѫти (rinǫti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱃⰻⱀⱘⱅⰻ (rinǫti)

  • Bulgarian: ри́на (rína)
  • Macedonian: рине (rine)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ри̏нути

    Latin script: rȉnuti

  • Slovene: ríniti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: řinúti
    • Czech: řinout se
  • Slovak: rinúť sa

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ри́нуться”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 115
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ри́нуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ринути”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рина¹ (гл.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 259