Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otęgъčiti

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- +‎ *tęgъkъ (“heavy”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*otęgъčiti pf (imperfective *otęgъčati)

1. to make heavy/heavier (East Slavic)

   Synonyms: *otęžiti, *otęželiti

2. to burden

   Synonyms: *otęžiti, *otęgotiti, *otęželiti

Inflection

Conjugation of *otęgъčiti, *otęgъči, *otęgъčitь (perf., tr., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*otęgъčenьje	*otęgъčiti	*otęgъčitъ	*otęgъčilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*otęgъčenъ	—
Active	*otęgъčь	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*otęgъčixъ	*otęgъči	*otęgъči	*otęgъčǫ	*otęgъčiši	*otęgъčitь
Dual	*otęgъčixově	*otęgъčista	*otęgъčiste	*otęgъčivě	*otęgъčita	*otęgъčite
Plural	*otęgъčixomъ	*otęgъčiste	*otęgъčišę	*otęgъčimъ	*otęgъčite	*otęgъčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*otęgъči	*otęgъči
Dual	—	—	—	*otęgъčivě	*otęgъčita	—
Plural	—	—	—	*otęgъčimъ	*otęgъčite	—

Notes:
• (*)*otęgъčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

• *otęgъčati

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: отѧгчити (otęgčiti), отѧгъчити (otęgŭčiti), обтѧгчити (obtęgčiti), обтѧгчитисѧ (obtęgčitisę) (Russian)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: отѧгчити (otęgčiti), отѧгъчити (otęgŭčiti), обтѧгчити (obtęgčiti), обтѧгчитисѧ (obtęgčitisę)
    • Old Belarusian: отягчити (otjahčiti)
    • Russian: отягчи́ть (otjagčítʹ) (possibly)
    • Ukrainian: отягчи́ти (otjahčýty) (possibly)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: отѧгъчити (otęgŭčiti)
  • Bulgarian: отегча̀ (otegčà)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тяжёлый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obtęgъčiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 175
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “тягти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “отѧгъчити”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 437
• Shmelev, D. N., editor (1988), “отягчити (отягъчити)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 14 (отрава – персоня), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 78
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “отѧгъчити, отѧгъчу”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 835