Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orbiti

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 *orbъ (“servant, slave”) +‎ *-iti.

PIE word
*h₃órbʰos

Verb

*orbiti

1. to do, to work

Inflection

Conjugation of *orbiti, *orbi, *orbitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*orbľenьje	*orbiti	*orbitъ	*orbilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*orbľenъ	*orbimъ
Active	*orbľь	*orbę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*orbixъ	*orbi	*orbi	*orbľǫ	*orbiši	*orbitь
Dual	*orbixově	*orbista	*orbiste	*orbivě	*orbita	*orbite
Plural	*orbixomъ	*orbiste	*orbišę	*orbimъ	*orbite	*orbętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*orbľaaxъ	*orbľaaše	*orbľaaše	—	*orbi	*orbi
Dual	*orbľaaxově	*orbľaašeta	*orbľaašete	*orbivě	*orbita	—
Plural	*orbľaaxomъ	*orbľaašete	*orbľaaxǫ	*orbimъ	*orbite	—

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

Related terms

• *orbъ (“servant, slave”)
• *orbòta (“work”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: робити (robiti)
    • Belarusian: рабі́ць (rabícʹ)
    • Russian: ро́бить (róbitʹ) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: роби́ти (robýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ра́бити

    Latin script: rábiti

  • Slovene: rábiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: robiti
    • Czech: robit
  • Old Polish: robić
    • Polish: robić
    • Silesian: robić
  • Old Slovak: robiť
    • Slovak: robiť
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: robic
    • Slovincian: rôbjic
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: robić
    • Lower Sorbian: robiś

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*orbiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ро́бить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 116