Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orbiti

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 *orbъ (“servant, slave”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*orbiti

to do, to work

Inflection

Conjugation of *orbiti, *orbi, *orbitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*orbľenьje	*orbiti	*orbitъ	*orbilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*orbľenъ	*orbimъ
Active	*orbľь	*orbę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*orbixъ	*orbi	*orbi	*orbľǫ	*orbiši	*orbitь
Dual	*orbixově	*orbista	*orbiste	*orbivě	*orbita	*orbite
Plural	*orbixomъ	*orbiste	*orbišę	*orbimъ	*orbite	*orbętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*orbľaaxъ	*orbľaaše	*orbľaaše	—	*orbi	*orbi
Dual	*orbľaaxově	*orbľaašeta	*orbľaašete	*orbivě	*orbita	—
Plural	*orbľaaxomъ	*orbľaašete	*orbľaaxǫ	*orbimъ	*orbite	—

(*)*orbivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

*orbъ (“servant, slave”)
*orbòta (“work”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: робити (robiti)
  - Belarusian: рабі́ць (rabícʹ)
  - Russian: ро́бить (róbitʹ) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: роби́ти (robýty)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ра́бити
  
  Latin script: rábiti
- Slovene: rábiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: robiti
  - Czech: robit
- Old Polish: robić
  - Masurian: robzicz
  - Polish: robić
  - Silesian: robić
- Old Slovak: robiť
  - Slovak: robiť
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: robic
  - Slovincian: rʉ̀ɵ̯bjĭc (“to work”)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: robić
  - Lower Sorbian: robiś (“to work, to earn”)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*orbiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 373
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ро́бить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 116

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