Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korbiti

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

Vasmer compares with Proto-Germanic *harpǭ, perhaps, ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to turn”).

Verb

*korbiti

1. to bend, to warp

Inflection

Conjugation of *korbiti, *korbi, *korbitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*korbľenьje	*korbiti	*korbitъ	*korbilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*korbľenъ	*korbimъ
Active	*korbľь	*korbę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*korbixъ	*korbi	*korbi	*korbľǫ	*korbiši	*korbitь
Dual	*korbixově	*korbista	*korbiste	*korbivě	*korbita	*korbite
Plural	*korbixomъ	*korbiste	*korbišę	*korbimъ	*korbite	*korbętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*korbľaaxъ	*korbľaaše	*korbľaaše	—	*korbi	*korbi
Dual	*korbľaaxově	*korbľaašeta	*korbľaašete	*korbivě	*korbita	—
Plural	*korbľaaxomъ	*korbľaašete	*korbľaaxǫ	*korbimъ	*korbite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: коро́бить (koróbitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: коро́бити (koróbyty)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: krabit

References

Further reading

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