Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrzati

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 of an earlier *vьrzti. Formally equivalent to Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵʰyéti (“to tighten”), whence Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”).

Verb

*vьrzàti pf

alternative form of *verzti (“to tie”)
(regionally) to sneak (in Southwestern Slavic)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *vьrzati, *vьrza, *vьržetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vьrzanьje	*vьrzati	*vьrzatъ	*vьrzalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vьrzanъ	*vьržemъ
Active	*vьrzavъ	*vьržę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьrzaxъ	*vьrza	*vьrza	*vьržǫ	*vьržeši	*vьržetь
Dual	*vьrzaxově	*vьrzasta	*vьrzaste	*vьrževě	*vьržeta	*vьržete
Plural	*vьrzaxomъ	*vьrzaste	*vьrzašę	*vьržemъ	*vьržete	*vьržǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьrzaaxъ	*vьrzaaše	*vьrzaaše	—	*vьrži	*vьrži
Dual	*vьrzaaxově	*vьrzaašeta	*vьrzaašete	*vьrživě	*vьržita	—
Plural	*vьrzaaxomъ	*vьrzaašete	*vьrzaaxǫ	*vьržimъ	*vьržite	—

Derived terms

*vьrzadlo (“knot”)
*vьrzъka (“bond”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: верза́ць (vjerzácʹ)
- Russian: верза́ть (verzátʹ, “to defecate”)
- Ukrainian: верза́ти (verzáty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: вьрзати (vĭrzati)
- Bulgarian: въ́ржа (vǎ́rža)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: врзати
  
  Latin script: vrzati
West Slavic: –

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “-верза́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “връзвам, вържа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 188