Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(s)kvьrčěti

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

Of onomatopoeic origin, formed as *(s)kvьrъ (“creak, squeak”) +‎ *-čěti. The daughter languages, which lost the s-mobile, have undergone second palatalization of the onset cluster *kvь- > *cvь-.

Verb

*(s)kvьrčěti impf

1. to squeak

Inflection

Conjugation of *(s)kvьrčěti, *(s)kvьrčě, *(s)kvьrčitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*(s)kvьrčěnьje	*(s)kvьrčěti	*(s)kvьrčětъ	*(s)kvьrčělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*(s)kvьrčěvъ	*(s)kvьrčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*(s)kvьrčěxъ	*(s)kvьrčě	*(s)kvьrčě	*(s)kvьrčǫ	*(s)kvьrčiši	*(s)kvьrčitь
Dual	*(s)kvьrčěxově	*(s)kvьrčěsta	*(s)kvьrčěste	*(s)kvьrčivě	*(s)kvьrčita	*(s)kvьrčite
Plural	*(s)kvьrčěxomъ	*(s)kvьrčěste	*(s)kvьrčěšę	*(s)kvьrčimъ	*(s)kvьrčite	*(s)kvьrčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*(s)kvьrčěaxъ	*(s)kvьrčěaše	*(s)kvьrčěaše	—	*(s)kvьrči	*(s)kvьrči
Dual	*(s)kvьrčěaxově	*(s)kvьrčěašeta	*(s)kvьrčěašete	*(s)kvьrčivě	*(s)kvьrčita	—
Plural	*(s)kvьrčěaxomъ	*(s)kvьrčěašete	*(s)kvьrčěaxǫ	*(s)kvьrčimъ	*(s)kvьrčite	—

Derived terms

• *svьrčь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: свірча́ць (svirčácʹ)
  • Russian: сверчать (sverčatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: цвірча́ти (cvirčáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: свръчати (svrŭčati)
  • Bulgarian: цвърча̀ (cvǎrčà)
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвр́чати
  • Slovene: cvrčáti, svŕčati
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: cvrčeti, svrčeti
  • Kashubian: czwierczec
  • Polish: ćwierczeć, skwierczeć
  • Slovak: svrčаt᾽

References

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