Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrmiti

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 *kъrmъ.

Verb

*kъrmiti

1. to feed

Inflection

Conjugation of *kъrmiti, *kъrmi, *kъrmitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kъrmľenьje	*kъrmiti	*kъrmitъ	*kъrmilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kъrmľenъ	*kъrmimъ
Active	*kъrmľь	*kъrmę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъrmixъ	*kъrmi	*kъrmi	*kъrmľǫ	*kъrmiši	*kъrmitь
Dual	*kъrmixově	*kъrmista	*kъrmiste	*kъrmivě	*kъrmita	*kъrmite
Plural	*kъrmixomъ	*kъrmiste	*kъrmišę	*kъrmimъ	*kъrmite	*kъrmętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъrmľaaxъ	*kъrmľaaše	*kъrmľaaše	—	*kъrmi	*kъrmi
Dual	*kъrmľaaxově	*kъrmľaašeta	*kъrmľaašete	*kъrmivě	*kъrmita	—
Plural	*kъrmľaaxomъ	*kъrmľaašete	*kъrmľaaxǫ	*kъrmimъ	*kъrmite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: кармі́ць (karmícʹ)
  • Russian: корми́ть (kormítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: корми́ти (kormýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: кръмити (krŭmiti)
  • Bulgarian: къ́рмя (kǎ́rmja)
  • Macedonian: крми (krmi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: крмити

    Latin script: krmiti

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: krmiti
    • Czech: krmit
  • Polish: karmić
  • Slovak: kŕmiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kormić
    • Lower Sorbian: kjarmiś

Further reading

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