Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svьrběti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *surbʰ-, from *swerbʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian skver̃bti (“to pierce”).
Per Vasmer, cognate with Latvian svãrpsts (“drill”), Old Norse svarf (“sawdust”).

Verb

*svьrběti impf

to itch

Inflection

Conjugation of *svьrběti (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ěti

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*svьrběnьje	*svьrběti	*svьrbětъ	*svьrbělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*svьrběvъ	*svьrbę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svьrběxъ	*svьrbě	*svьrbě	*svьrbľǫ	*svьrbiši	*svьrbitь
Dual	*svьrběxově	*svьrběsta	*svьrběste	*svьrbivě	*svьrbita	*svьrbite
Plural	*svьrběxomъ	*svьrběste	*svьrběšę	*svьrbimъ	*svьrbite	*svьrbętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svьrběaxъ	*svьrběaše	*svьrběaše	—	*svьrbi	*svьrbi
Dual	*svьrběaxově	*svьrběašeta	*svьrběašete	*svьrbivě	*svьrbita	—
Plural	*svьrběaxomъ	*svьrběašete	*svьrběaxǫ	*svьrbimъ	*svьrbite	—

Related terms

*svȏrbъ (“itch”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: свярбе́ць (svjarbjécʹ)
- Russian: свербе́ть (sverbétʹ, “to itch, to irritate (colloquial)”), 1sg. сверблю́ (sverbljú), 3sg. сверби́т (sverbít)
- Ukrainian: свербі́ти (sverbíty, “to itch”)

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: сърби́ (sǎrbí, “to itch”)
- Macedonian: сврби (svrbi, “to itch”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: свр́бјети (“to itch”), 1sg. свр́бӣм
  
  Latin: svŕbjeti (“to itch”), 1sg. svŕbīm
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): srbȉti (“to itch”), 3sg. srbĩ
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): sr̄bȅt (“to itch”), 3sg. sr̄bĩ
- Slovene: srbẹ́ti (“to itch”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. srbím (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: svrběti (“to itch”)
- Polish: świerzbieć (“to itch”), świerzbić (“to itch”)
- Slovak: svrbieť (“to itch”)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*svьrběti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “сво́роб”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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