Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьvati

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

Alternative forms

• *ščuti

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan.

Verb

*ščьvati

1. (transitive) to incite, to sic

   Synonym: *juditi

Inflection

Conjugation of *ščьvati, *ščьva, *ščujetь (?, -a/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ščьvanьje	*ščьvati	*ščьvatъ	*ščьvalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ščьvanъ	*ščujemъ
Active	*ščьvavъ	*ščuję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščьvaxъ	*ščьva	*ščьva	*ščujǫ	*ščuješi	*ščujetь
Dual	*ščьvaxově	*ščьvasta	*ščьvaste	*ščujevě	*ščujeta	*ščujete
Plural	*ščьvaxomъ	*ščьvaste	*ščьvašę	*ščujemъ	*ščujete	*ščujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščьvaaxъ	*ščьvaaše	*ščьvaaše	—	*ščuji	*ščuji
Dual	*ščьvaaxově	*ščьvaašeta	*ščьvaašete	*ščujivě	*ščujita	—
Plural	*ščьvaaxomъ	*ščьvaašete	*ščьvaaxǫ	*ščujimъ	*ščujite	—

Related terms

adjective

• *čьvanъ

 

noun

• *čьvanьstvo

 

verb

• *čьvati

 

Descendants

• South Slavic
  • Slovene: ščúti, ščuváti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Old Czech: ščváti
    • Czech: štvát
  • Old Polish: szczwać
    • Polish: szczuć
  • Slovak: štvať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: šćwaś
    • Upper Sorbian: šćuwać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щува́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress