Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьkriti

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 *jьkrà (“roe”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*jьkriti

1. to spawn

Inflection

Conjugation of *jьkriti, *jьkri, *jьkritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*jьkřenьje	*jьkriti	*jьkritъ	*jьkrilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*jьkřenъ	*jьkrimъ
Active	*jьkřь	*jьkrę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьkrixъ	*jьkri	*jьkri	*jьkřǫ	*jьkriši	*jьkritь
Dual	*jьkrixově	*jьkrista	*jьkriste	*jьkrivě	*jьkrita	*jьkrite
Plural	*jьkrixomъ	*jьkriste	*jьkrišę	*jьkrimъ	*jьkrite	*jьkrętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьkřaaxъ	*jьkřaaše	*jьkřaaše	—	*jьkri	*jьkri
Dual	*jьkřaaxově	*jьkřaašeta	*jьkřaašete	*jьkrivě	*jьkrita	—
Plural	*jьkřaaxomъ	*jьkřaašete	*jьkřaaxǫ	*jьkrimъ	*jьkrite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *икрити сѧ (*ikriti sę)
    • Russian: икри́ться (ikrítʹsja)
    • Ukrainian: ікри́ться (ikrýtʹsja) (rare)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: ikríri se
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jekřiti se
  • Polish: ikrzyć się

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьkriti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 220