Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berťi

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *bergtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *berganą.

Verb

*berťì impf

1. to safeguard, protect, to take care for

Conjugation

Conjugation of *berťi, *berže, *beržetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*berženьje	*berťi	*berťь	*berglъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*berženъ	*bergomъ
Active	*bergъ	*bergy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*berg(ox)ъ	*berže	*berže	*bergǫ	*beržeši	*beržetь
Dual	*berg(ox)ově	*berg(e/os)ta	*berg(e/os)te	*berževě	*beržeta	*beržete
Plural	*berg(ox)omъ	*berg(e/os)te	*bergǫ, *bergošę	*beržemъ	*beržete	*bergǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*beržaaxъ	*beržaaše	*beržaaše	—	*berdzi	*berdzi
Dual	*beržaaxově	*beržaašeta	*beržaašete	*berdzěvě	*berdzěta	—
Plural	*beržaaxomъ	*beržaašete	*beržaaxǫ	*berdzěmъ	*berdzěte	—

Notes:
• Aorist *bergeste ⇒ *beržeste, ...

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: берагчы́ (bjerahčý)
  • Russian: бере́чь (beréčʹ)
  • Ukrainian: беречи́ (berečý), берегти́ (berehtý)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: брѣщи (brěšti), Old Cyrillic script: небрѣщи (nebrěšti, “to neglect, to ignore”)

    • → Russian: небре́чь (nebréčʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бриjѐħи (archaic)

    Latin script: brijèći (archaic)