Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuboriti

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 an unattested *žuba +‎ *-oriti, likely an expressive extension of Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate (expect for the inflection type) with Lithuanian žiaũberoti (“to chew”).

Verb

*žuboriti impf

1. to slurp, to chew
2. to wash one's mouth, to gargle
3. (figuratively) to mumble

Conjugation

Conjugation of *žuboriti, *žubori, *žuboritь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*žubořenьje	*žuboriti	*žuboritъ	*žuborilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*žubořenъ	*žuborimъ
Active	*žubořь	*žuborę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žuborixъ	*žubori	*žubori	*žubořǫ	*žuboriši	*žuboritь
Dual	*žuborixově	*žuborista	*žuboriste	*žuborivě	*žuborita	*žuborite
Plural	*žuborixomъ	*žuboriste	*žuborišę	*žuborimъ	*žuborite	*žuborętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žubořaaxъ	*žubořaaše	*žubořaaše	—	*žubori	*žubori
Dual	*žubořaaxově	*žubořaašeta	*žubořaašete	*žuborivě	*žuborita	—
Plural	*žubořaaxomъ	*žubořaašete	*žubořaaxǫ	*žuborimъ	*žuborite	—

Notes:
• (*)*žuborivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *žьvati (“to chew”)
• *žuna (“buccal cavity”)
• *žuka (“buccal cavity”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: жу́борить (žúboritʹ), dial. жубрить (žubritʹ), жу́бреть (žúbretʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: жубо́ря (žubórja) (colloquial)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: жубо̀рити

    Latin script: žubòriti

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жуборить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жуборя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 555