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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъrěsti

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 *sъ- (good) + an obscure element *rět- with an epenthetic -s-, possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wrēt- or *rēt-, also found in Proto-Slavic *obrěsti (to find, encounter). Cognate with Lithuanian surė̃sti (to seize).

Verb

*sъrě̀sti pf (imperfective *sъrětati)[1][2]

  1. to meet
  2. to encounter
  3. to find

Alternative forms

  • *sъrětiti
  • *sъrěťьnǫti, *sъrětьnǫti

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *vъsъrěsti, *vъsъrětiti
  • *posъrěsti, *posъrěťьnǫti
  • *persъrěsti, *persъrěťьnǫti
  • *sǫsъrěsti, *sǫsъrětiti
  • *sъrětenьje (meeting)
  • *sъręťa (meeting, lucky encounter, fortune)
    • *sъręťu (against, opposite of)
  • *sъrętьnъ (fortunate)

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sъrěsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 482: “v. ‘encounter’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), sréčati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “pslovan. *sъrě̋sti, sed. *sъ̏ręt'ǫ”
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