Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъrxati

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

Alternative forms

• *pьrxati

Etymology

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Verb

*pъrxati

1. to flit, to flutter

Inflection

Conjugation of *pъrxati, *pъrxa, *pъrxajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pъrxanьje	*pъrxati	*pъrxatъ	*pъrxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pъrxanъ	*pъrxajemъ
Active	*pъrxavъ	*pъrxaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pъrxaxъ	*pъrxa	*pъrxa	*pъrxajǫ	*pъrxaješi	*pъrxajetь
Dual	*pъrxaxově	*pъrxasta	*pъrxaste	*pъrxajevě	*pъrxajeta	*pъrxajete
Plural	*pъrxaxomъ	*pъrxaste	*pъrxašę	*pъrxajemъ	*pъrxajete	*pъrxajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pъrxaaxъ	*pъrxaaše	*pъrxaaše	—	*pъrxaji	*pъrxaji
Dual	*pъrxaaxově	*pъrxaašeta	*pъrxaašete	*pъrxajivě	*pъrxajita	—
Plural	*pъrxaaxomъ	*pъrxaašete	*pъrxaaxǫ	*pъrxajimъ	*pъrxajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пы́рхаць (pýrxacʹ)
  • Russian: порха́ть (porxátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: пи́рхати (pýrxaty), пе́рхати (pérxaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пъ̀рхам (pǎ̀rham)
  • Slovene: pŕhati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: prchat
  • Old Polish: pirzchać
    • Polish: pierzchać
  • Slovak: prchať

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “порха́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress