Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščupati

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

By surface analysis, *ščupъ (“dipstick”) +‎ *-ati, with further origin uncertain. Possibly akin to Sanskrit छुपति (chupati, “to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewp-.

Verb

*ščupati impf (perfective *ščupnǫti)^[1]

to touch, to probe
to grope

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ščupati, *ščupa, *ščupajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ščupanьje	*ščupati	*ščupatъ	*ščupalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ščupanъ	*ščupajemъ
Active	*ščupavъ	*ščupaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščupaxъ	*ščupa	*ščupa	*ščupajǫ	*ščupaješi	*ščupajetь
Dual	*ščupaxově	*ščupasta	*ščupaste	*ščupajevě	*ščupajeta	*ščupajete
Plural	*ščupaxomъ	*ščupaste	*ščupašę	*ščupajemъ	*ščupajete	*ščupajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščupaaxъ	*ščupaaše	*ščupaaše	—	*ščupaji	*ščupaji
Dual	*ščupaaxově	*ščupaašeta	*ščupaašete	*ščupajivě	*ščupajita	—
Plural	*ščupaaxomъ	*ščupaašete	*ščupaaxǫ	*ščupajimъ	*ščupajite	—

Derived terms

*ščuplъ (“thin, puny”)
*ščupakъ (agent noun)
*ščupadlo (instrumental noun)
- ⇒ Russian: щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce, “tentacle”)
*ščupьta, *ščupъka (“crumb, bit”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: щюпати (ščjupati)
  - Belarusian: шчу́паць (ščúpacʹ)
  - Russian: щу́пать (ščúpatʹ)
  - Ukrainian: щу́пати (ščúpaty), щю́пати (ščjúpaty)
West Slavic:
- Polish: szczupać (dialectal)

References

^ Mariola Jakubowicz (2017) The Development of Words Across Centuries‎^[1], Institute of Slavic Studies (Polish Academy of Sciences), page 156