Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫstěti

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 *gǫstъ (“dense, thick”) +‎ *-ěti.

Verb

*gǫstěti impf

1. to thicken, to become thick/dense
2. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to be dense, compact

Inflection

Conjugation of *gǫstěti, *gǫstě, *gǫstějetь (impf., intr., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gǫstěnьje	*gǫstěti	*gǫstětъ	*gǫstělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*gǫstěvъ	*gǫstěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gǫstěxъ	*gǫstě	*gǫstě	*gǫstějǫ	*gǫstěješi	*gǫstějetь
Dual	*gǫstěxově	*gǫstěsta	*gǫstěste	*gǫstějevě	*gǫstějeta	*gǫstějete
Plural	*gǫstěxomъ	*gǫstěste	*gǫstěšę	*gǫstějemъ	*gǫstějete	*gǫstějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gǫstěaxъ	*gǫstěaše	*gǫstěaše	—	*gǫstěji	*gǫstěji
Dual	*gǫstěaxově	*gǫstěašeta	*gǫstěašete	*gǫstějivě	*gǫstějita	—
Plural	*gǫstěaxomъ	*gǫstěašete	*gǫstěaxǫ	*gǫstějimъ	*gǫstějite	—

Related terms

• *gǫstiti (“to condense”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: гусце́ць (huscjécʹ)
  • Russian: густе́ть (gustétʹ)
  • Ukrainian: густі́ти (hustíty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: гъсте́я се (gǎstéja se)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: гу́стети

    Latin script: gústjeti

  • Slovene: gostẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hustěti
  • Polish: gęścieć
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: husćeć

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫstěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 85
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “gostẹti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si