Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gubiti

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

Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowbʰ-eye-, causative/iterative of the root *gʰewbʰ-. Compare *gỳbnǫti (“to perish”). Also cognate with *gъbnǫti (“to bend”). Other scholars reconstruct the PIE root differently; see discussion under Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúbtei.

Verb

*gubìti impf^[1]^[2]^[3]

to lose, to mislay
to destroy, to wreck

Inflection

Conjugation of *gubiti, *gubi, *gubitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gubľenьje	*gubiti	*gubitъ	*gubilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*gubľenъ	*gubimъ
Active	*gubľь	*gubę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gubixъ	*gubi	*gubi	*gubľǫ	*gubiši	*gubitь
Dual	*gubixově	*gubista	*gubiste	*gubivě	*gubita	*gubite
Plural	*gubixomъ	*gubiste	*gubišę	*gubimъ	*gubite	*gubętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gubľaaxъ	*gubľaaše	*gubľaaše	—	*gubi	*gubi
Dual	*gubľaaxově	*gubľaašeta	*gubľaašete	*gubivě	*gubita	—
Plural	*gubľaaxomъ	*gubľaašete	*gubľaaxǫ	*gubimъ	*gubite	—

(*)*gubivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

Related terms

*gỳbnǫti (“to perish”)
*gybati (“to perish? to bend? to break?”)
*gъbnǫti (“to bend”)
*gъbežь (“bend, joint”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гꙋбити (gubiti) (accent paradigm c)
  - Belarusian: губі́ць (hubícʹ)
  - Russian: губи́ть (gubítʹ)
  - Ukrainian: губи́ти (hubýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: гоубити (gubiti)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰳⱆⰱⰻⱅⰻ (gubiti)
- Bulgarian: гу́бя (gúbja)
- Macedonian: губи (gubi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: гу̀бити
  
  Latin script: gùbiti
- Slovene: gubīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: hubit
- Polabian: ďaibĕt
- Polish: gubić
- Slovak: hubiť
- Slovincian: gúbjic
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: hubić
  - Lower Sorbian: gubiś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gubìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195: “v. (c) ‘destroy’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gubiti: gubjǫ gubitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c ødelægge (SA 240, 259; PR 139)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gubīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *gubi̋ti”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gubìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195: “v. (c) ‘destroy’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “gubiti: gubjǫ gubitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c ødelægge (SA 240, 259; PR 139)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “gubīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *gubi̋ti”

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