Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъrtiti

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 *per- (“to pass (deadline)”) . Cognates include Lithuanian periù (“to rot”), Latin parō (“to prepare”).

Verb

*pъrtiti

1. to corrupt, spoil

Inflection

Conjugation of *pъrtiti, *pъrti, *pъrtitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pъrťenьje	*pъrtiti	*pъrtitъ	*pъrtilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pъrťenъ	*pъrtimъ
Active	*pъrťь	*pъrtę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pъrtixъ	*pъrti	*pъrti	*pъrťǫ	*pъrtiši	*pъrtitь
Dual	*pъrtixově	*pъrtista	*pъrtiste	*pъrtivě	*pъrtita	*pъrtite
Plural	*pъrtixomъ	*pъrtiste	*pъrtišę	*pъrtimъ	*pъrtite	*pъrtętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pъrťaaxъ	*pъrťaaše	*pъrťaaše	—	*pъrti	*pъrti
Dual	*pъrťaaxově	*pъrťaašeta	*pъrťaašete	*pъrtivě	*pъrtita	—
Plural	*pъrťaaxomъ	*pъrťaašete	*pъrťaaxǫ	*pъrtimъ	*pъrtite	—

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

Related terms

• *porti (“to cleave”)
• *zapъrtъkъ (“spoiled egg”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: по́ртить (pórtitʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: испъртити (ispŭrtiti)
  • Bulgarian: по̀ртя (pòrtja)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: изпортвам (izportvam)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: parcieć

References

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