Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/piliti

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 *pila +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*piliti

1. to grind, to saw

Inflection

Conjugation of *piliti, *pili, *pilitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*piľenьje	*piliti	*pilitъ	*pililъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*piľenъ	*pilimъ
Active	*piľь	*pilę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pilixъ	*pili	*pili	*piľǫ	*piliši	*pilitь
Dual	*pilixově	*pilista	*piliste	*pilivě	*pilita	*pilite
Plural	*pilixomъ	*piliste	*pilišę	*pilimъ	*pilite	*pilętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*piľaaxъ	*piľaaše	*piľaaše	—	*pili	*pili
Dual	*piľaaxově	*piľaašeta	*piľaašete	*pilivě	*pilita	—
Plural	*piľaaxomъ	*piľaašete	*piľaaxǫ	*pilimъ	*pilite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: пили́ть (pilítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пиля̀ (piljà)
  • Macedonian: пили (pili)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пи́лити

    Latin script: píliti

  • Slovene: píliti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: pilić

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пила́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress