Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gryzti

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 *grūˀźtei. Cognate with Lithuanian gráužti (“to gnaw”) and Latvian grauzt.

Verb

*grỳzti impf

1. (transitive) to gnaw

Inflection

Conjugation of *gryzti, *gryze, *gryzetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gryzenьje	*gryzti	*gryztъ	*gryzlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*gryzenъ	*gryzomъ
Active	*gryzъ	*gryzy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gryz(ox)ъ	*gryze	*gryze	*gryzǫ	*gryzeši	*gryzetь
Dual	*gryz(ox)ově	*gryz(e/os)ta	*gryz(e/os)te	*gryzevě	*gryzeta	*gryzete
Plural	*gryz(ox)omъ	*gryz(e/os)te	*gryzǫ, *gryzošę	*gryzemъ	*gryzete	*gryzǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gryzěaxъ	*gryzěaše	*gryzěaše	—	*gryzi	*gryzi
Dual	*gryzěaxově	*gryzěašeta	*gryzěašete	*gryzěvě	*gryzěta	—
Plural	*gryzěaxomъ	*gryzěašete	*gryzěaxǫ	*gryzěmъ	*gryzěte	—

Related terms

• *gryzati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: грꙑзти (gryzti)
    • Belarusian: гры́зці (hrýzci)
    • Russian: грызть (gryztʹ)
    • Ukrainian: гри́зти (hrýzty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic грꙑсти (grysti)

    Glagolitic ⰳⱃⱏⰹⱄⱅⰺ (grysti)

  • Bulgarian: гриза́ (grizá)
  • Macedonian: гризе (grize)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: гри̏сти
    • Latin script: grȉsti
  • Slovene: grísti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hrýzti
    • Czech: hrýzti
  • Polish: gryźć
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: grëzc
    • Slovincian: grëzc
  • Slovak: hrýzť

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gryzti/*gryzati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 160