Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrati

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 *werh₁- (“to speak”) or onomatopoeic.

Verb

*vьrati impf

1. to conjure, to chant
2. (secondary) to lie, to deceive, to swindle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *vьrati, *vьra, *vьretь (impf., -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vьranьje	*vьrati	*vьratъ	*vьralъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vьranъ	*vьromъ
Active	*vьravъ	*vьry

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьraxъ	*vьra	*vьra	*vьrǫ	*vьreši	*vьretь
Dual	*vьraxově	*vьrasta	*vьraste	*vьrevě	*vьreta	*vьrete
Plural	*vьraxomъ	*vьraste	*vьrašę	*vьremъ	*vьrete	*vьrǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьraaxъ	*vьraaše	*vьraaše	—	*vьri	*vьri
Dual	*vьraaxově	*vьraašeta	*vьraašete	*vьrěvě	*vьrěta	—
Plural	*vьraaxomъ	*vьraašete	*vьraaxǫ	*vьrěmъ	*vьrěte	—

Derived terms

• *vьračь (“witchdoctor”)

Related terms

• *verskъ (“scream”), *verščiti (“to scream”)
• *verva (“uproar, tumult”)
• *vorъ (“burglar”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: врать (vratʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: (with re-analyzed conjugation)

    Cyrillic script: ва̏рати

    Latin script: vȁrati

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “врать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress