Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrzati

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

Derived from the present stem of an earlier *verzti. Probably continuing Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵʰyéti (“to tighten”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”) and akin to Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string”).

Verb

*vьrzàti impf

1. to tie, to bind

   Synonym: *vęzati

Inflection

Conjugation of *vьrzati, *vьrza, *vьržetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vьrzanьje	*vьrzati	*vьrzatъ	*vьrzalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vьrzanъ	*vьržemъ
Active	*vьrzavъ	*vьržę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьrzaxъ	*vьrza	*vьrza	*vьržǫ	*vьržeši	*vьržetь
Dual	*vьrzaxově	*vьrzasta	*vьrzaste	*vьrževě	*vьržeta	*vьržete
Plural	*vьrzaxomъ	*vьrzaste	*vьrzašę	*vьržemъ	*vьržete	*vьržǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьrzaaxъ	*vьrzaaše	*vьrzaaše	—	*vьrži	*vьrži
Dual	*vьrzaaxově	*vьrzaašeta	*vьrzaašete	*vьrživě	*vьržita	—
Plural	*vьrzaaxomъ	*vьrzaašete	*vьrzaaxǫ	*vьržimъ	*vьržite	—

Related terms

• *verzti (“to bind”)
  • *sъverzti (“to connect”)
  • *orzverzti (“to tie off”)
  • *priverzti (“to wrap up, to bind”)
  • *otъverzti (“to open”)
• *vьrzъka (“bond”)
• *vьrzalъka (“shoe-tie”)
• *verslo (“binder”)
• *vьrzьlъ (“bundle”)
• *vьrzadlo (“knoter (tool)”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: верза́ць (vjerzácʹ)
  • Russian: верза́ть (verzátʹ, “to defecate”), dial. верзти (verzti)
  • Ukrainian: верза́ти (verzáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: вьрзати (vĭrzati)
  • Bulgarian: вържа (vǎrža)
  • → Macedonian: врзе (vrze) (reflects *verzti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: врзати (“to sneak”)

    Latin script: vrzati (“to sneak”)

  • Slovene: vrzẹ́ti
• West Slavic: –

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отверзать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “връзвам, вържа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 188