Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrtěti

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

Fientive derivative of *dьrtъ (“old, ragged”) +‎ *-ěti, ultimately descending from Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *trudaną (“to tread”), Ancient Greek δέρνομαι (dérnomai).

Verb

*dьrtěti impf

1. to degrade (for materials), to age (for living beings)

Inflection

Conjugation of *dьrtěti, *dьrtě, *dьrtějetь (impf., intr., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Suffix: *-ěti

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dьrtěnьje	*dьrtěti	*dьrtětъ	*dьrtělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*dьrtěvъ	*dьrtěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьrtěxъ	*dьrtě	*dьrtě	*dьrtějǫ	*dьrtěješi	*dьrtějetь
Dual	*dьrtěxově	*dьrtěsta	*dьrtěste	*dьrtějevě	*dьrtějeta	*dьrtějete
Plural	*dьrtěxomъ	*dьrtěste	*dьrtěšę	*dьrtějemъ	*dьrtějete	*dьrtějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьrtěaxъ	*dьrtěaše	*dьrtěaše	—	*dьrtěji	*dьrtěji
Dual	*dьrtěaxově	*dьrtěašeta	*dьrtěašete	*dьrtějivě	*dьrtějita	—
Plural	*dьrtěaxomъ	*dьrtěašete	*dьrtěaxǫ	*dьrtějimъ	*dьrtějite	—

Related terms

• *dьrtъ (“old, ragged”)
• *dьrtina (“old age”)
• *dьrtostь (“raginess, shabby state”)
• *dьrtakъ (“geezer”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дърте́я (dǎrtéja)
  • Macedonian: дртее (drtee)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrtьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 227
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дърт”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 465