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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berťi

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-Balto-Slavic *bergtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-.

Verb

*berťì impf[1][2]

  1. to safeguard, protect, keep, care for

Conjugation
Conjugation of *berťi, *berže, *beržetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*berženьje *berťi *berťь *berglъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *berženъ *bergomъ
Active *bergъ *bergy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *berg(ox)ъ*berže*berže *bergǫ*beržeši*beržetь
Dual *berg(ox)ově*berg(e/os)ta*berg(e/os)te *berževě*beržeta*beržete
Plural *berg(ox)omъ*berg(e/os)te*bergǫ, *bergošę *beržemъ*beržete*bergǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *beržaaxъ*beržaaše*beržaaše —*berdzi*berdzi
Dual *beržaaxově*beržaašeta*beržaašete *berdzěvě*berdzěta—
Plural *beržaaxomъ*beržaašete*beržaaxǫ *berdzěmъ*berdzěte—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: берагчы́ (bjerahčý)
    • Russian: бере́чь (beréčʹ)
    • Ukrainian: беречи́ (berečý), берегти́ (berehtý)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: брѣщи (brěšti), Old Cyrillic script: небрѣщи (nebrěšti, “to neglect, to ignore”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бриjѐħи (archaic)
      Latin script: brijèći (archaic)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bergtì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 36: “v. (c?) ‘take care of ’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bergǫ bertji”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c skåne, bevare (PR 139)”
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