Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svariti

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 Proto-Indo-European *swer-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *swarjaną.

Verb

*svarìti

1. to argue, to brawl
2. to cause calamity

Conjugation

Conjugation of *svariti, *svari, *svaritь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*svařenьje	*svariti	*svaritъ	*svarilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*svařenъ	*svarimъ
Active	*svařь	*svarę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svarixъ	*svari	*svari	*svařǫ	*svariši	*svaritь
Dual	*svarixově	*svarista	*svariste	*svarivě	*svarita	*svarite
Plural	*svarixomъ	*svariste	*svarišę	*svarimъ	*svarite	*svarętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svařaaxъ	*svařaaše	*svařaaše	—	*svari	*svari
Dual	*svařaaxově	*svařaašeta	*svařaašete	*svarivě	*svarita	—
Plural	*svařaaxomъ	*svařaašete	*svařaaxǫ	*svarimъ	*svarite	—

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

Related terms

• *svarъ (“hassle”)
• *Svarogъ (“Slavic god of fire”) (possibly)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сварити (svariti)
    • Old Ruthenian: свари́ти (svaríti), свари́тисѧ (svarítisja)
      • Belarusian: свары́ць (svarýcʹ), свары́цца (svarýcca)
      • Ukrainian: свари́ти (svarýty), свари́тися (svarýtysja)
    • Russian: свари́ться (svarítʹsja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сварити (svariti)

    unspecified script:

  • Slovene: svariti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: swarzyć
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: swariś
    • Upper Sorbian: swarić

Further reading

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