Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьrpati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirp-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerp-. Cognate with Lithuanian kir̃pti.

Verb

*čьrpati

1. to scoop, draw

Inflection

Conjugation of *čьrpati, *čьrpa, *čьrpajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čьrpanьje	*čьrpati	*čьrpatъ	*čьrpalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čьrpanъ	*čьrpajemъ
Active	*čьrpavъ	*čьrpaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čьrpaxъ	*čьrpa	*čьrpa	*čьrpajǫ	*čьrpaješi	*čьrpajetь
Dual	*čьrpaxově	*čьrpasta	*čьrpaste	*čьrpajevě	*čьrpajeta	*čьrpajete
Plural	*čьrpaxomъ	*čьrpaste	*čьrpašę	*čьrpajemъ	*čьrpajete	*čьrpajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čьrpaaxъ	*čьrpaaše	*čьrpaaše	—	*čьrpaji	*čьrpaji
Dual	*čьrpaaxově	*čьrpaašeta	*čьrpaašete	*čьrpajivě	*čьrpajita	—
Plural	*čьrpaaxomъ	*čьrpaašete	*čьrpaaxǫ	*čьrpajimъ	*čьrpajite	—

Related terms

• *čerpati
• *čerpti
• *čerpъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чьрпати (čĭrpati)
    • Old Ruthenian: черпати (čerpati), черпать (čerpatʹ)
      • Belarusian: чэ́рпаць (čérpacʹ)
      • Ukrainian: черпа́ти (čerpáty)
    • Russian: че́рпать (čérpatʹ)
      • → Esperanto: ĉerpi
        • Ido: cherpar
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: чрьпати (črĭpati), чрѣти (črěti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱍⱃⱑⱂⱙⱎⱅⰵ (črěpjǫšte)

    • Bulgarian: че́рпя (čérpja)
    • Macedonian: цр́пи (cŕpi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: црпсти

    Latin script: crpsti

  • Slovene: črpáti
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: črpati
    • Czech: čerpat
  • Old Polish: czerpać, czyrpać, czyrzpać
    • Polish: czerpać
  • Slovak: čеrраť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: čеrраć

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “че́рпать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “чрьпати”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 1204