Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/napisati

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 *na- +‎ *pisati.

Verb

*napisati

1. to draw, depict

   Synonym: *načьrtati

2. to write
3. to write down

Inflection

Conjugation of *napisati, *napisa, *napišetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*napisanьje	*napisati	*napisatъ	*napisalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*napisanъ	*napišemъ
Active	*napisavъ	*napišę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*napisaxъ	*napisa	*napisa	*napišǫ	*napišeši	*napišetь
Dual	*napisaxově	*napisasta	*napisaste	*napiševě	*napišeta	*napišete
Plural	*napisaxomъ	*napisaste	*napisašę	*napišemъ	*napišete	*napišǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*napisaaxъ	*napisaaše	*napisaaše	—	*napiši	*napiši
Dual	*napisaaxově	*napisaašeta	*napisaašete	*napišivě	*napišita	—
Plural	*napisaaxomъ	*napisaašete	*napisaaxǫ	*napišimъ	*napišite	—

Conjugation of *napisati, *napisa, *napisajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*napisanьje	*napisati	*napisatъ	*napisalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*napisanъ	*napisajemъ
Active	*napisavъ	*napisaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*napisaxъ	*napisa	*napisa	*napisajǫ	*napisaješi	*napisajetь
Dual	*napisaxově	*napisasta	*napisaste	*napisajevě	*napisajeta	*napisajete
Plural	*napisaxomъ	*napisaste	*napisašę	*napisajemъ	*napisajete	*napisajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*napisaaxъ	*napisaaše	*napisaaše	—	*napisaji	*napisaji
Dual	*napisaaxově	*napisaašeta	*napisaašete	*napisajivě	*napisajita	—
Plural	*napisaaxomъ	*napisaašete	*napisaaxǫ	*napisajimъ	*napisajite	—

Derived terms

• *napisъ

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: написати (napisati) (Russian)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: написати (napisati)
    • Belarusian: напіса́ць (napisácʹ)
    • Russian: написа́ть (napisátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: написа́ти (napysáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: написати (napisati)
  • Bulgarian: напи́ша (napíša)
  • Macedonian: на́пише (nápiše)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: написати

    Latin script: napísati

  • Slovene: napísati
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: napisać
    • Polish: napisać
  • Slovak: napísať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: napisać
    • Lower Sorbian: napisaś

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*napisati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 22 (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 214
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “написати, напишу и написаю”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 307