Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strojiti

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 *strojь +‎ *-iti, apparently from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread, stretch out”).

Verb

*strojiti impf

1. to make ready, prepare, arrange
2. to erect

Conjugation

Conjugation of *strojiti, *stroji, *strojitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*strojenьje	*strojiti	*strojitъ	*strojilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*strojenъ	*strojimъ
Active	*strojь	*stroję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*strojixъ	*stroji	*stroji	*strojǫ	*strojiši	*strojitь
Dual	*strojixově	*strojista	*strojiste	*strojivě	*strojita	*strojite
Plural	*strojixomъ	*strojiste	*strojišę	*strojimъ	*strojite	*strojętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*strojaaxъ	*strojaaše	*strojaaše	—	*stroji	*stroji
Dual	*strojaaxově	*strojaašeta	*strojaašete	*strojivě	*strojita	—
Plural	*strojaaxomъ	*strojaašete	*strojaaxǫ	*strojimъ	*strojite	—

Notes:
• (*)*strojivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

• *nastrojiti
  • *nastrojь
• *ostrojiti
• *postrojiti
• *orzstrojiti
  • *orzstrojenьje
  • *orzstrojь
• *otъstrojiti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: строити (stroiti)
    • Old Ruthenian: стро́ити (stróiti)
      • Belarusian: стро́іць (stróicʹ)
      • Ukrainian: стро́їти (strójity)
    • Russian: стро́ить (stróitʹ), стро́иться (stróitʹsja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱅⱃⱁⰻⱅⰻ (stroiti)

    Old Cyrillic script: строити (stroiti)

    • Bulgarian: строя́ (strojá)
    • Macedonian: строи (stroi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стројити

    Latin script: strojiti

  • Slovene: strojīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: strojiti
    • Czech: strojit
  • Polish: stroić
  • Slovak: strojiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: strojić
    • Lower Sorbian: tšojś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “стро́ить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 211
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*nastrojiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 96
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obstrojiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 77
• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2009), “*orzstrojiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 35 (*orzstegati (sę) – *orzъјьti (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 17
• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2012), “*otъstrojiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 38 (*otъpečatati/*otъpečatiti (sę) – *otъtęgnǫti (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 201