Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xariti

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 *xarъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*xariti

1. to clean, to scrape

Declension

Conjugation of *xariti, *xari, *xaritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xařenьje	*xariti	*xaritъ	*xarilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xařenъ	*xarimъ
Active	*xařь	*xarę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xarixъ	*xari	*xari	*xařǫ	*xariši	*xaritь
Dual	*xarixově	*xarista	*xariste	*xarivě	*xarita	*xarite
Plural	*xarixomъ	*xariste	*xarišę	*xarimъ	*xarite	*xarętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xařaaxъ	*xařaaše	*xařaaše	—	*xari	*xari
Dual	*xařaaxově	*xařaašeta	*xařaašete	*xarivě	*xarita	—
Plural	*xařaaxomъ	*xařaašete	*xařaaxǫ	*xarimъ	*xarite	—

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

Related terms

• *xarati
• *xarobylьje n, *xarobura f
• *xaropǫditi
• *xorъ (“dark, black”)
  • *xorxoriti (“to brag, show off; to be defiant”)
  • *xorostь (“beauty, pleasantness; convenience”)
    • *xoroščьnъ (“beautiful; good”)
  • *xorovitъ (“beautiful; kind, fine”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *харити (*xariti)
    • Old Ruthenian: *ха́рити (*xáriti)
      • Ukrainian: (dialectal) ха́рити (xáryty, “to clean”)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: ха́рний (xárnyj, “clean, neat”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Serbo-Croatian: харити (“to rob, to ravage”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xarati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 20
• Петлева, И. П. (1985) “Укр. диал. прихо́рний, рус. хоро́брый (слав. xorbrъ)”, in Этимология 1982, Moscow, pages 36-37