Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strašiti

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 *straxъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*strašiti

1. to scare

Inflection

Conjugation of *strašiti, *straši, *strašitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*strašenьje	*strašiti	*strašitъ	*strašilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*strašenъ	*strašimъ
Active	*strašь	*strašę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*strašixъ	*straši	*straši	*strašǫ	*strašiši	*strašitь
Dual	*strašixově	*strašista	*strašiste	*strašivě	*strašita	*strašite
Plural	*strašixomъ	*strašiste	*strašišę	*strašimъ	*strašite	*strašętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*strašaaxъ	*strašaaše	*strašaaše	—	*straši	*straši
Dual	*strašaaxově	*strašaašeta	*strašaašete	*strašivě	*strašita	—
Plural	*strašaaxomъ	*strašaašete	*strašaaxǫ	*strašimъ	*strašite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: страшыць (strašycʹ)
  • Russian: страши́ть (strašítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: страши́ти (strašýty)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic: страшити (strašiti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стра̏шити

    Latin script: strȁšiti

  • Slovene: strášiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Old Czech: strašiti
    • Czech: strašit
  • Kashubian: straszëc
  • Polish: straszyć
  • ⇒ Silesian: strŏszać
  • Slovak: strašiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: trašić

Further reading

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