Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/račiti

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

• Per Rix (LIV) and Vasmer, possibly related to *reťi (“to speak, to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *rek-. If so, cognate with Sanskrit रचयति (racáyati, “to make, to form, to correct”). Vasmer adds Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rahnjan, “count”) as an additional cognate. Rix reconstructs the PIE etymon of this verb as iterative *rōk-ye-.
• Vaillant asserts that this verb is a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care about”), cf. Old Norse rœkja; but Vasmer specifically denies this.

Verb

*rāčìti

1. to wish, to want

Inflection

Conjugation of *račiti, *rači, *račitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*račenьje	*račiti	*račitъ	*račilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*račenъ	*račimъ
Active	*račь	*račę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*račixъ	*rači	*rači	*račǫ	*račiši	*račitь
Dual	*račixově	*račista	*račiste	*račivě	*račita	*račite
Plural	*račixomъ	*račiste	*račišę	*račimъ	*račite	*račętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*račaaxъ	*račaaše	*račaaše	—	*rači	*rači
Dual	*račaaxově	*račaašeta	*račaašete	*račivě	*račita	—
Plural	*račaaxomъ	*račaašete	*račaaxǫ	*račimъ	*račite	—

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

Related terms

• *otrokъ (“child, servant”)
• *reťi (“to speak, to say”)
• *rě̑čь (“speech”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рачити (račiti, “to wish, to want”)
    • Belarusian: ра́чыць (ráčycʹ)
    • Russian: dialectal ра́чить (ráčitʹ), рачи́ть (račítʹ, “to wish, to want, to be zealous”)
    • Ukrainian: ра́чити (ráčyty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: рачити (račiti), 1sg. рачѫ (račǫ)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: ра́ча (ráča, “to want”) (archaic)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ра́чити се (“to feel like (+ dative)”), 1sg. ра̑чӣ се

    Latin: ráčiti se (“to feel like (+ dative)”), 1sg. rȃčī se

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): rå̄čȉti se (“to feel like (+ dative)”), 3sg. rå̃či se
  • Slovene: ráčiti (“to wish, to want, to deign, (reflexive) to please”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. rȃčim (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ráčit (“to wish, to want, (literary) to deign”)
  • Kashubian: rôczëc (“to invite”)
  • Polish: raczyć (“to deign”), raczyć się (“to savor, to relish”)
  • Slovak: ráčiť (“to deign”)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rāčìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ра́чить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*rek-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 506
• Vaillant, André (1950–1977) Grammaire comparée des langues slaves (in French), volume III, Paris, page 434