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. to meet
2. to encounter
3. to find

Alternative forms

• *sъrětiti
• *sъrěťьnǫti, *sъrětьnǫti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sъrěsti, *sъrěte, *sъręťetь (perf., -C/j-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sъrětenьje	*sъrěsti	*sъrěstъ	*sъrětlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sъrětenъ	—
Active	*sъrětъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sъrět(ox)ъ	*sъrěte	*sъrěte	*sъręťǫ	*sъręťeši	*sъręťetь
Dual	*sъrět(ox)ově	*sъrět(e/os)ta	*sъrět(e/os)te	*sъręťevě	*sъręťeta	*sъręťete
Plural	*sъrět(ox)omъ	*sъrět(e/os)te	*sъrětǫ, *sъrětošę	*sъręťemъ	*sъręťete	*sъręťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*sъręťi	*sъręťi
Dual	—	—	—	*sъręťivě	*sъręťita	—
Plural	—	—	—	*sъręťimъ	*sъręťite	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• *obrěsti (“to find”)
• *reťi (“to speak”)
• *rěčь (“speech”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сърѣсти (sŭrěsti)
    • ⇒ Belarusian: встрiць (vstricʹ), сустрэць (sustrecʹ)
    • ⇒ Russian: встретить (vstretitʹ), сустрекать (sustrekatʹ)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: зустрічати (zustričaty), зустрiтити (zustrityty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сърѣсти (sŭrěsti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⱃⱑⱄⱅⰻ (sŭrěsti)

  • ⇒ Bulgarian: сре́тя (srétja), сре́щна (sréštna)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: сретне (sretne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: сре̏сти
    • Latin script: srȅsti
  • Slovene: srẹ́sti, srẹ́čati
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Czech: střětnúti
    • Czech: střetnout
  • Old Polish: śrześć
  • ⇒ Slovak: stretnúť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “встретить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сретвам, сретна, сретя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 418