Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krasiti

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 *krasa (“beauty”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*krasiti

to decorate

Conjugation

Conjugation of *krasiti, *krasi, *krasitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*krašenьje	*krasiti	*krasitъ	*krasilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*krašenъ	*krasimъ
Active	*krašь	*krasę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*krasixъ	*krasi	*krasi	*krašǫ	*krasiši	*krasitь
Dual	*krasixově	*krasista	*krasiste	*krasivě	*krasita	*krasite
Plural	*krasixomъ	*krasiste	*krasišę	*krasimъ	*krasite	*krasętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*krašaaxъ	*krašaaše	*krašaaše	—	*krasi	*krasi
Dual	*krašaaxově	*krašaašeta	*krašaašete	*krasivě	*krasita	—
Plural	*krašaaxomъ	*krašaašete	*krašaaxǫ	*krasimъ	*krasite	—

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

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: красити (krasiti)
  - Old Ruthenian: красити (krasiti)
    - Belarusian: красі́ць (krasícʹ)
    - Ukrainian: кра́си́ти (krásýty)
  - Russian: кра́сить (krásitʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: красити (krasiti)
- Bulgarian: крася́ (krasjá)
- Macedonian: краси (krasi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кра́сити
  
  Latin script: krásiti
West Slavic:
- Czech: krášlit, krásiti
- Polish: krasić
- Slovak: krásiť

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krasiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 99