Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prǫžiti

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 *prǫgъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*prǫžiti

1. to prance
2. to recoil

Inflection

Conjugation of *prǫžiti, *prǫži, *prǫžitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*prǫženьje	*prǫžiti	*prǫžitъ	*prǫžilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*prǫženъ	*prǫžimъ
Active	*prǫžь	*prǫžę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prǫžixъ	*prǫži	*prǫži	*prǫžǫ	*prǫžiši	*prǫžitь
Dual	*prǫžixově	*prǫžista	*prǫžiste	*prǫživě	*prǫžita	*prǫžite
Plural	*prǫžixomъ	*prǫžiste	*prǫžišę	*prǫžimъ	*prǫžite	*prǫžętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prǫžaaxъ	*prǫžaaše	*prǫžaaše	—	*prǫži	*prǫži
Dual	*prǫžaaxově	*prǫžaašeta	*prǫžaašete	*prǫživě	*prǫžita	—
Plural	*prǫžaaxomъ	*prǫžaašete	*prǫžaaxǫ	*prǫžimъ	*prǫžite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пру́жыць (prúžycʹ)
  • Russian: пру́жить (prúžitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: пру́жити (prúžyty)
    • → Polish: prużyć
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пру́жим (prúžim) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: пружи (pruži)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пру̏жити

    Latin script: prȕžiti

  • Slovene: próžiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pružit
  • Polish: prężyć
  • Slovak: pružiť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пру́жить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress