Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъrčati

See also: *(s)tъrčati

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 *tъrkъ (“run”) +‎ *-ěti.

Verb

*tъrčati impf

1. to run, to hare, to sprint

Usage notes

Refers specifically to the locomotive part of running. The more specific sense “to flee” is conveyed by the synonym *běgati.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *tъrčati, *tъrča, *tъrčitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*tъrčanьje	*tъrčati	*tъrčatъ	*tъrčalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*tъrčanъ	*tъrčimъ
Active	*tъrčavъ	*tъrčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tъrčaxъ	*tъrča	*tъrča	*tъrčǫ	*tъrčiši	*tъrčitь
Dual	*tъrčaxově	*tъrčasta	*tъrčaste	*tъrčivě	*tъrčita	*tъrčite
Plural	*tъrčaxomъ	*tъrčaste	*tъrčašę	*tъrčimъ	*tъrčite	*tъrčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tъrčaaxъ	*tъrčaaše	*tъrčaaše	—	*tъrči	*tъrči
Dual	*tъrčaaxově	*tъrčaašeta	*tъrčaašete	*tъrčivě	*tъrčita	—
Plural	*tъrčaaxomъ	*tъrčaašete	*tъrčaaxǫ	*tъrčimъ	*tъrčite	—

Alternative forms

• *tъrčiti

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: търча́ (tǎrčá)
  • Macedonian: трча (trča) (ja-conjugation)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тр̀чати

    Latin script: tr̀čati

Further reading

• Skok, Petar (1972) “trčati”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 495