Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obrěsti

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 *ob- + an obscure element *rět-, possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wrēt-, also found in Proto-Slavic *sъrěsti (“to encounter”). Cognate with Lithuanian surė̃sti (“to seize”). Per Trubachev, the most likely cognates are Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find, to acquire”) (aor. εὗρον (heûron)), Old Irish ·fúar (“I found”) < *wewr- (3sg. passive -fríth (“it was found”) < *wrē-to), Old Armenian գերեմ (gerem, “to capture, take prisoner”). However, LIV derives these from *wreh₁- (“to find”) (Matasović similarly from *werh₁- (“to find”)), and tentatively derives the Slavic verb from a verbal root Proto-Indo-European *reh₁t- (“to encounter, to find”).

Verb

*obrěsti

1. to find

Inflection

Conjugation of *obrěsti, *obrěte, *obręťetь (perf., tr., -C/j-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*obrětenьje	*obrěsti	*obrěstъ	*obrětlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*obrětenъ	—
Active	*obrětъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*obrět(ox)ъ	*obrěte	*obrěte	*obręťǫ	*obręťeši	*obręťetь
Dual	*obrět(ox)ově	*obrět(e/os)ta	*obrět(e/os)te	*obręťevě	*obręťeta	*obręťete
Plural	*obrět(ox)omъ	*obrět(e/os)te	*obrětǫ, *obrětošę	*obręťemъ	*obręťete	*obręťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*obręťi	*obręťi
Dual	—	—	—	*obręťivě	*obręťita	—
Plural	—	—	—	*obręťimъ	*obręťite	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

• *sъrěsti (“to encounter”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: обрѣсти (obrěsti, “to find”), 1sg. обрѧщѫ (obręštǫ)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

    • → Russian: обрести́ (obrestí, “to find”) (literary), 1sg. обрету́ (obretú), 3sg. обретёт (obretjót), archaic 1sg. обря́щу (obrjášču), 3sg. обря́щет (obrjáščet)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: обрести (“to find”) (13th-16th century)

    Latin: obresti (“to find”) (13th-16th century); dialectal obrèsti se (“to meet”), obrȅs(t) (“to be found, to turn out to be”)

  • Slovene: obrẹ́sti (“to find”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. obrẹ́tem (tonal orthography)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*obrěsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 362
• Skok, Petar (1973) “Proto-Slavic/obrěsti”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 319
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrěsti (sę), *obręt(j)ǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 74