Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьstiti

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 *čьstь, ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷit-tis, from (s)kʷeyt-.

Verb

*čьstiti

to honor
to revere

Inflection

Conjugation of *čьstiti, *čьsti, *čьstitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čьsťenьje	*čьstiti	*čьstitъ	*čьstilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čьsťenъ	*čьstimъ
Active	*čьsťь	*čьstę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čьstixъ	*čьsti	*čьsti	*čьsťǫ	*čьstiši	*čьstitь
Dual	*čьstixově	*čьstista	*čьstiste	*čьstivě	*čьstita	*čьstite
Plural	*čьstixomъ	*čьstiste	*čьstišę	*čьstimъ	*čьstite	*čьstętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čьsťaaxъ	*čьsťaaše	*čьsťaaše	—	*čьsti	*čьsti
Dual	*čьsťaaxově	*čьsťaašeta	*čьsťaašete	*čьstivě	*čьstita	—
Plural	*čьsťaaxomъ	*čьsťaašete	*čьsťaaxǫ	*čьstimъ	*čьstite	—

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

Derived terms

*učьstiti (“to respect”)
- *učьstivъ (“respectable, polite”)
  - *neučьstivъ (“impolite”)
  - *učьstivostь (“politeness”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: чьтити (čĭtiti), чьстити (čĭstiti)
  - Old Ruthenian: чти́ти (čtíti)
    - Ukrainian: чти́ти (čtýty)
  - Russian: чтить (čtitʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: чьтити (čĭtiti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ча̀стити
  
  Latin script: čàstiti
- Slovene: častíti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: čstíti
  - Czech: ctít
- Kashubian: tczëc, tcëc
- Old Polish: czcić, ćcić
  - Polish: czcić
- Slovak: ctiť
- Sorbian:
  - ⇒ Lower Sorbian: pócćiś