Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xyrěti

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

By surface analysis, *xyrъ +‎ *-ěti.

Verb

*xyrěti

1. to weaken, to wilt, to waste away

Inflection

Conjugation of *xyrěti, *xyrě, *xyrějetь (?, -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xyrěnьje	*xyrěti	*xyrětъ	*xyrělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xyrěnъ	*xyrějemъ
Active	*xyrěvъ	*xyrěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xyrěxъ	*xyrě	*xyrě	*xyrějǫ	*xyrěješi	*xyrějetь
Dual	*xyrěxově	*xyrěsta	*xyrěste	*xyrějevě	*xyrějeta	*xyrějete
Plural	*xyrěxomъ	*xyrěste	*xyrěšę	*xyrějemъ	*xyrějete	*xyrějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xyrěaxъ	*xyrěaše	*xyrěaše	—	*xyrěji	*xyrěji
Dual	*xyrěaxově	*xyrěašeta	*xyrěašete	*xyrějivě	*xyrějita	—
Plural	*xyrěaxomъ	*xyrěašete	*xyrěaxǫ	*xyrějimъ	*xyrějite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: хірэ́ць (xirécʹ)
  • Russian: хире́ть (xirétʹ)
  • Ukrainian: хи́рiти (xýrity), хiрiти (xirity)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: хире́я (hiréja) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: hiréti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: chyrzeć (obsolete)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хире́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress