Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫziti

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-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-.

Verb

*ǫziti

(transitive) to constrain
(transitive) to narrow, to straiten

Inflection

Conjugation of *ǫziti, *ǫzi, *ǫzitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ǫženьje	*ǫziti	*ǫzitъ	*ǫzilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ǫženъ	*ǫzimъ
Active	*ǫžь	*ǫzę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ǫzixъ	*ǫzi	*ǫzi	*ǫžǫ	*ǫziši	*ǫzitь
Dual	*ǫzixově	*ǫzista	*ǫziste	*ǫzivě	*ǫzita	*ǫzite
Plural	*ǫzixomъ	*ǫziste	*ǫzišę	*ǫzimъ	*ǫzite	*ǫzętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ǫžaaxъ	*ǫžaaše	*ǫžaaše	—	*ǫzi	*ǫzi
Dual	*ǫžaaxově	*ǫžaašeta	*ǫžaašete	*ǫzivě	*ǫzita	—
Plural	*ǫžaaxomъ	*ǫžaašete	*ǫžaaxǫ	*ǫzimъ	*ǫzite	—

(*)*ǫzivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

adjective

*ǫzъkъ

nouns

verb

*vę̄zàti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ѫзити (ǫziti), оузити (uziti)
  - Belarusian: ву́зіць (vúzicʹ)
    - ⇒ Belarusian: зву́зіць (zvúzicʹ)
  - Russian: у́зить (úzitʹ)
    - ⇒ Russian: су́зить (súzitʹ)
  - Ukrainian: ву́зити (vúzyty)
    - ⇒ Ukrainian: зву́зити (zvúzyty)
  - ⇒ Old Ruthenian: су́зити (súziti)
South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Russian Church Slavonic: ѫзити (ǫziti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: у́зити
  
  Latin script: úziti
- Slovene: ožiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Czech: úžit
  - ⇒ Czech: zúžit
- Old Polish: wążyć, wężyć
- ⇒ Polish: zwęzić
- Slovak: úžiť