Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kviliti

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 forms

• *kvilěti

Etymology

Compare Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną.

Verb

*kviliti

1. (intransitive) to wail

   Synonyms: *rydati, *vỳti

Inflection

Conjugation of *kviliti, *kvili, *kvilitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kviľenьje	*kviliti	*kvilitъ	*kvililъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kviľenъ	*kvilimъ
Active	*kviľь	*kvilę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kvilixъ	*kvili	*kvili	*kviľǫ	*kviliši	*kvilitь
Dual	*kvilixově	*kvilista	*kviliste	*kvilivě	*kvilita	*kvilite
Plural	*kvilixomъ	*kviliste	*kvilišę	*kvilimъ	*kvilite	*kvilętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kviľaaxъ	*kviľaaše	*kviľaaše	—	*kvili	*kvili
Dual	*kviľaaxově	*kviľaašeta	*kviľaašete	*kvilivě	*kvilita	—
Plural	*kviľaaxomъ	*kviľaašete	*kviľaaxǫ	*kvilimъ	*kvilite	—

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

Related terms

verb

• *kvěliti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic
  • Russian: цвили́ть (cvilítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: квили́ти (kvylýty)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Serbian Church Slavonic: цвилити (cviliti)
  • Bulgarian: цви́ля (cvílja)
  • Macedonian: цвили (cvili)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: цви́љети, цви́лити

    Latin script: cvíljeti, cvíliti

  • Slovene: cvíliti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: kvílet, kvílit
  • Polabian: kvéilе (“1sg.”)
  • Polish: kwilić
  • Slovak: kvíliť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kwiliś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цвилиться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress