Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščepiti

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 *ščepa +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*ščepiti

1. to chip, to chop

Inflection

Conjugation of *ščepiti, *ščepi, *ščepitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ščepľenьje	*ščepiti	*ščepitъ	*ščepilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ščepľenъ	*ščepimъ
Active	*ščepľь	*ščepę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščepixъ	*ščepi	*ščepi	*ščepľǫ	*ščepiši	*ščepitь
Dual	*ščepixově	*ščepista	*ščepiste	*ščepivě	*ščepita	*ščepite
Plural	*ščepixomъ	*ščepiste	*ščepišę	*ščepimъ	*ščepite	*ščepętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščepľaaxъ	*ščepľaaše	*ščepľaaše	—	*ščepi	*ščepi
Dual	*ščepľaaxově	*ščepľaašeta	*ščepľaašete	*ščepivě	*ščepita	—
Plural	*ščepľaaxomъ	*ščepľaašete	*ščepľaaxǫ	*ščepimъ	*ščepite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: -щепи́ть (-ščepítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: щепи́ти (ščepýty)
• West Slavic
  • Kashubian: szczëpic
  • Old Czech: ščěpiti, ščiepiti
    • Czech: štěpit
  • Old Polish: szczepić
    • Polish: szczepić
    • Silesian: szczypić
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: šćěpiś
    • Upper Sorbian: šćěpić

Further reading

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