Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lupiti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *láupīˀtei.

• Per Derksen, from a -p- variant of Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-, found in *lubъ (“bast”), Latin liber (“bark, book”).
• Per Vasmer, Russian лупи́ть (lupítʹ) is derived from лу́па (lúpa, “scab”).
• Per Trubachev, from *lupъ (“peel, shell?”) +‎ *-iti.
• Chernkyh adds as cognates Ancient Greek λύπη (lúpē, “pain, suffering”), λυπέω (lupéō, “to torment, to trouble”), Sanskrit लोपयति (lopáyati, “to harm, to destroy”), लुम्पति (lumpati, “to rob, to destroy”).

Verb

*lūpìti

1. to peel

Inflection

Conjugation of *lupiti, *lupi, *lupitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lupľenьje	*lupiti	*lupitъ	*lupilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lupľenъ	*lupimъ
Active	*lupľь	*lupę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lupixъ	*lupi	*lupi	*lupľǫ	*lupiši	*lupitь
Dual	*lupixově	*lupista	*lupiste	*lupivě	*lupita	*lupite
Plural	*lupixomъ	*lupiste	*lupišę	*lupimъ	*lupite	*lupętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lupľaaxъ	*lupľaaše	*lupľaaše	—	*lupi	*lupi
Dual	*lupľaaxově	*lupľaašeta	*lupľaašete	*lupivě	*lupita	—
Plural	*lupľaaxomъ	*lupľaašete	*lupľaaxǫ	*lupimъ	*lupite	—

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

Related terms

• *lubъ (“bast”)
• *lъbъ (“skull”)

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: (вылоупитисꙗ (vylupitisja)) (Russian)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лꙋпити (lupiti)
    • Belarusian: лупі́ць (lupícʹ)
    • Russian: лупи́ть (lupítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: лупи́ти (lupýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: лу́пя (lúpja) (dialectal), лю́пя (ljúpja)
  • Macedonian: лупи (lupi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лу́пити, лу̏пити

    Latin: lúpiti, lȕpiti

    • Chakavian (Orbanići): lūpȉt
  • Slovene: lupīti, lúpiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lúpiti
    • Czech: loupit
  • Old Polish: łupić
    • Polish: łupić
  • Slovak: lúpiť
  • Slovincian: lëpjic
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: łupić
    • Lower Sorbian: łupiś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “лупи́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 495
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лупи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lupiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 183