Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krěpiti

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 *krěpъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*krěpiti

1. to support

Inflection

Conjugation of *krěpiti, *krěpi, *krěpitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*krěpľenьje	*krěpiti	*krěpitъ	*krěpilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*krěpľenъ	*krěpimъ
Active	*krěpľь	*krěpę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*krěpixъ	*krěpi	*krěpi	*krěpľǫ	*krěpiši	*krěpitь
Dual	*krěpixově	*krěpista	*krěpiste	*krěpivě	*krěpita	*krěpite
Plural	*krěpixomъ	*krěpiste	*krěpišę	*krěpimъ	*krěpite	*krěpętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*krěpľaaxъ	*krěpľaaše	*krěpľaaše	—	*krěpi	*krěpi
Dual	*krěpľaaxově	*krěpľaašeta	*krěpľaašete	*krěpivě	*krěpita	—
Plural	*krěpľaaxomъ	*krěpľaašete	*krěpľaaxǫ	*krěpimъ	*krěpite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: крепи́ть (krepítʹ)
  • Old Ukrainian: крѣпити (kripiti)
    • Ukrainian: кріпи́ти (kripýty)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: крѣпити (krěpiti)

  • Bulgarian: крепя̀ (krepjà)
  • Macedonian: крепи (krepi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кре́пити, крије́пити

    Latin script: krépiti, krijépiti

  • Slovene: krepiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Polish: krzepić
  • Slovak: krepiť

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “крепя”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 735