bòrti

bòrti Grammatical information: v. Accent paradigm: b

Page in Trubačev: II 213-214

Old Church Slavic:

brati (sę) `fight' [verb], borjǫ (sę) [1sg], borješi (sę) [2sg]

Russian:

borót' `overpower, throw to the ground' [verb], borjú [1sg], bóret [3sg];

borót'sja `fight' [verb], borjús' [1sg], bóretsja [3sg]

Ukrainian:

boróty `overpower' [verb]

Polish:

bróć się (dial.) `fight, contend' [verb]

Bulgarian:

bórja `torment, conquer' [verb];

bórja se `fight' [verb]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: borʔ-

Lithuanian:

bárti `scold, accuse, forbid' [verb];

bártis `quarrel' [verb]

Latvian:

bãrti `scold, blame' [verb];

bãrtiês `quarrel' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰorH-tei

Page in Pokorny: 133

Comments: For semantic reasons it is unclear whether Lat. forāre `perforate', OIc. bora `id.' etc. belong here as well (cf. Schrijver 1991: 216; see also s.v. *borna I). \{2\} The Germanic forms continue PGm. *barjan.

Other cognates:

Lat. ferīre `hit' [verb];

OIc. berja `beat, hit' [verb];

OHG berjan `hit, pound, knead'