Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/storbiti

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 *sterbʰ- (“to exert treatment”).

Verb

*storbiti impf

to relieve
to heal

Inflection

Conjugation of *storbiti, *storbi, *storbitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*storbľenьje	*storbiti	*storbitъ	*storbilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*storbľenъ	*storbimъ
Active	*storbľь	*storbę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*storbixъ	*storbi	*storbi	*storbľǫ	*storbiši	*storbitь
Dual	*storbixově	*storbista	*storbiste	*storbivě	*storbita	*storbite
Plural	*storbixomъ	*storbiste	*storbišę	*storbimъ	*storbite	*storbętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*storbľaaxъ	*storbľaaše	*storbľaaše	—	*storbi	*storbi
Dual	*storbľaaxově	*storbľaašeta	*storbľaašete	*storbivě	*storbita	—
Plural	*storbľaaxomъ	*storbľaašete	*storbľaaxǫ	*storbimъ	*storbite	—

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

Related terms

*stьrbnǫti (“to become rigid”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: устороби́ться (ustorobítʹsja) (prefixed with *u-) (obsolete)
- Ukrainian: осторобитися (ostorobytysja, “to frighten”) (prefixed with *ob-)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: страбити (strabiti, “to relieve (pain, discomfort)”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: острабити се (“to heal”) (prefixed with *ob-)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: postrobić (“to strenghten”) (prefixed with *po-)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “устороби́ться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obstorbiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65