Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prostiti

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 *prostъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*prostiti

1. to forgive
2. to release

Inflection

Conjugation of *prostiti, *prosti, *prostitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*prosťenьje	*prostiti	*prostitъ	*prostilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*prosťenъ	*prostimъ
Active	*prosťь	*prostę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prostixъ	*prosti	*prosti	*prosťǫ	*prostiši	*prostitь
Dual	*prostixově	*prostista	*prostiste	*prostivě	*prostita	*prostite
Plural	*prostixomъ	*prostiste	*prostišę	*prostimъ	*prostite	*prostętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prosťaaxъ	*prosťaaše	*prosťaaše	—	*prosti	*prosti
Dual	*prosťaaxově	*prosťaašeta	*prosťaašete	*prostivě	*prostita	—
Plural	*prosťaaxomъ	*prosťaašete	*prosťaaxǫ	*prostimъ	*prostite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: прости́ть (prostítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: прости́ти (prostýty)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic: простити (prostiti)
  • Bulgarian: простя (prostja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: про̀стити

    Latin script: pròstiti

  • Slovene: prostíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: prostit
  • Old Polish: prościć
    • Polish: prościć (obsolete)
    • Silesian: prościć

Further reading

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