Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kropiti

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-Balto-Slavic *krap-. Cognates with Latvian krẽpât (“to spit thick slime”), Lithuanian skrepliúoti (“to spit slime”).

Verb

*kropìti

1. to besprinkle

Inflection

Conjugation of *kropiti, *kropi, *kropitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kropľenьje	*kropiti	*kropitъ	*kropilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kropľenъ	*kropimъ
Active	*kropľь	*kropę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kropixъ	*kropi	*kropi	*kropľǫ	*kropiši	*kropitь
Dual	*kropixově	*kropista	*kropiste	*kropivě	*kropita	*kropite
Plural	*kropixomъ	*kropiste	*kropišę	*kropimъ	*kropite	*kropętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kropľaaxъ	*kropľaaše	*kropľaaše	—	*kropi	*kropi
Dual	*kropľaaxově	*kropľaašeta	*kropľaašete	*kropivě	*kropita	—
Plural	*kropľaaxomъ	*kropľaašete	*kropľaaxǫ	*kropimъ	*kropite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: крапа́ць (krapácʹ)
  • Russian: кропи́ть (kropítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: кропи́ти (kropýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: кропити (kropiti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⱃⱁⱂⰻⱅⰻ (kropiti)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кро̀пити

    Latin script: kròpiti

  • Slovene: kropīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kropiti
    • Czech: kropit
  • Polish: kropić
  • Slovak: kropiť
  • Slovincian: krôpjic
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kšopiś
    • Upper Sorbian: krjepić

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кропи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress