Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěliti

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 *cělъ +‎ *-iti. Compare Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (< *hailaz).

Verb

*cělìti

1. to heal, cure

   Synonym: *lěčiti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *cěliti, *cěli, *cělitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*cěľenьje	*cěliti	*cělitъ	*cělilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*cěľenъ	*cělimъ
Active	*cěľь	*cělę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*cělixъ	*cěli	*cěli	*cěľǫ	*cěliši	*cělitь
Dual	*cělixově	*cělista	*cěliste	*cělivě	*cělita	*cělite
Plural	*cělixomъ	*cěliste	*cělišę	*cělimъ	*cělite	*cělętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*cěľaaxъ	*cěľaaše	*cěľaaše	—	*cěli	*cěli
Dual	*cěľaaxově	*cěľaašeta	*cěľaašete	*cělivě	*cělita	—
Plural	*cěľaaxomъ	*cěľaašete	*cěľaaxǫ	*cělimъ	*cělite	—

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

Related terms

• *cělovati
• *cělъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: цѣлити (cěliti)
    • Belarusian: целі́ць (cjelícʹ)
    • Russian: цели́ть (celítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ціли́ти (cilýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: цѣлити (cěliti)
  • Bulgarian: целя́ (celjá)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: и́сцели (ísceli)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: це́лити, ције́лити

    Latin script: céliti, cijéliti

  • Slovene: cẹ́liti
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: celit (archaic)
  • Old Polish: celić
    • Polish: calić (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Polish: ocalić (“to save”)
  • Slovak: celiť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цели́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cěliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 178