Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrpati

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, *kъrpa +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*kъrpati

1. to patch

Inflection

Conjugation of *kъrpati, *kъrpa, *kъrpajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kъrpanьje	*kъrpati	*kъrpatъ	*kъrpalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kъrpanъ	*kъrpajemъ
Active	*kъrpavъ	*kъrpaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъrpaxъ	*kъrpa	*kъrpa	*kъrpajǫ	*kъrpaješi	*kъrpajetь
Dual	*kъrpaxově	*kъrpasta	*kъrpaste	*kъrpajevě	*kъrpajeta	*kъrpajete
Plural	*kъrpaxomъ	*kъrpaste	*kъrpašę	*kъrpajemъ	*kъrpajete	*kъrpajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъrpaaxъ	*kъrpaaše	*kъrpaaše	—	*kъrpaji	*kъrpaji
Dual	*kъrpaaxově	*kъrpaašeta	*kъrpaašete	*kъrpajivě	*kъrpajita	—
Plural	*kъrpaaxomъ	*kъrpaašete	*kъrpaaxǫ	*kъrpajimъ	*kъrpajite	—

Related terms

• *kъrpěti (ĕ/i-conj.), *kъrpiti (i-conj.)
• *kъrpatъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ко́рпаць (kórpacʹ), карпа́ць (karpácʹ)
  • Russian: корпа́ть (korpátʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ко́рпати (kórpaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: къ́рпам (kǎ́rpam) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кр̏пати

    Latin script: kȑpati

  • Slovene: kr̄pati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: krpati
    • Czech: krpat
  • Polish: karpać (dialectal)
  • Slovak: krpať

References

Further reading

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