Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopъtiti

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *kopъtěti

Etymology

From *kopъtь (“soot”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*kopъtiti

1. to soot, to blacken

Inflection

Conjugation of *kopъtiti, *kopъti, *kopъtitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kopъťenьje	*kopъtiti	*kopъtitъ	*kopъtilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kopъťenъ	*kopъtimъ
Active	*kopъťь	*kopъtę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kopъtixъ	*kopъti	*kopъti	*kopъťǫ	*kopъtiši	*kopъtitь
Dual	*kopъtixově	*kopъtista	*kopъtiste	*kopъtivě	*kopъtita	*kopъtite
Plural	*kopъtixomъ	*kopъtiste	*kopъtišę	*kopъtimъ	*kopъtite	*kopъtętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kopъťaaxъ	*kopъťaaše	*kopъťaaše	—	*kopъti	*kopъti
Dual	*kopъťaaxově	*kopъťaašeta	*kopъťaašete	*kopъtivě	*kopъtita	—
Plural	*kopъťaaxomъ	*kopъťaašete	*kopъťaaxǫ	*kopъtimъ	*kopъtite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: коптити (koptiti)
    • Belarusian: капці́ць (kapcícʹ)
    • Russian: копти́ть (koptítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: кiптiти (kiptity)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal)

    Cyrillic script: ко̀птети

    Latin script: kòpteti

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: koptit
  • Polish: kopcić
  • Slovak: koptiť (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kopśiś

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopъtiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 29
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “копти́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress