Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kortiti

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *kortъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb edit

*kortiti

to shorten

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *kortiti, *korti, *kortitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*korťenьje	*kortiti	*kortitъ	*kortilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*korťenъ	*kortimъ
Active	*korťь	*kortę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kortixъ	*korti	*korti	*korťǫ	*kortiši	*kortitь
Dual	*kortixově	*kortista	*kortiste	*kortivě	*kortita	*kortite
Plural	*kortixomъ	*kortiste	*kortišę	*kortimъ	*kortite	*kortętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*korťaaxъ	*korťaaše	*korťaaše	—	*korti	*korti
Dual	*korťaaxově	*korťaašeta	*korťaašete	*kortivě	*kortita	—
Plural	*korťaaxomъ	*korťaašete	*korťaaxǫ	*kortimъ	*kortite	—

(*)*kortivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: караціць (karacicʹ)
  - ⇒ Belarusian: скараці́ць (skaracícʹ)
- ⇒ Russian: сократи́ть (sokratítʹ)
- Ukrainian: короти́ти (korotýty)
  - ⇒ Ukrainian: скороти́ти (skorotýty)
South Slavic
- Bulgarian: кратя (kratja) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: крати (krati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кра́тити
  
  Latin script: krátiti
- Slovene: krátiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Czech: krátit
- Polish: krócić (obsolete)
- Slovak: krátiť