Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьliti

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 *dl̥h₁-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, to distribute”).

Verb

*dьliti impf

1. to prolong, to delay

Inflection

Conjugation of *dьliti, *dьli, *dьlitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dьľenьje	*dьliti	*dьlitъ	*dьlilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dьľenъ	*dьlimъ
Active	*dьľь	*dьlę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьlixъ	*dьli	*dьli	*dьľǫ	*dьliši	*dьlitь
Dual	*dьlixově	*dьlista	*dьliste	*dьlivě	*dьlita	*dьlite
Plural	*dьlixomъ	*dьliste	*dьlišę	*dьlimъ	*dьlite	*dьlętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьľaaxъ	*dьľaaše	*dьľaaše	—	*dьli	*dьli
Dual	*dьľaaxově	*dьľaašeta	*dьľaašete	*dьlivě	*dьlita	—
Plural	*dьľaaxomъ	*dьľaašete	*dьľaaxǫ	*dьlimъ	*dьlite	—

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

Related terms

• *dьlь (“length”)
  • *dьľa (“for, because”) (preposition)
  • *dьlina (“length”)
• *delěti (“to overcome”)
• *dьlgъ (“long”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: дли́ть (dlítʹ) (dated)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: продьлѭ (prodĭljǫ)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dlíti
    • Czech: dlít

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “длить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 210