Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьsati

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

• *pisati

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *peiśtei or *peiśātei, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark, color, paint, decorate, embroider”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian piẽšti (piešiù), paišýti (paišaũ), Old Prussian peisāi, (peisāton).

Verb

*pьsati

1. to draw, depict

   Synonym: *čьrtati

2. to write

Conjugation

Conjugation of *pьsati, *pьsa, *pišetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pьsanьje	*pьsati	*pьsatъ	*pьsalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pьsanъ	*pišemъ
Active	*pьsavъ	*pišę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьsaxъ	*pьsa	*pьsa	*pišǫ	*pišeši	*pišetь
Dual	*pьsaxově	*pьsasta	*pьsaste	*piševě	*pišeta	*pišete
Plural	*pьsaxomъ	*pьsaste	*pьsašę	*pišemъ	*pišete	*pišǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьsaaxъ	*pьsaaše	*pьsaaše	—	*piši	*piši
Dual	*pьsaaxově	*pьsaašeta	*pьsaašete	*pišivě	*pišita	—
Plural	*pьsaaxomъ	*pьsaašete	*pьsaaxǫ	*pišimъ	*pišite	—

See also

• *pьsъ (“dog”)

Derived terms

• *pisadlo (“pencil”)
• *pisuľa
• *napisati (“to write (down)”)
• *pьsanьje (“writing; that which is written”)
• *pisьmo (“writing, letter”)
• *otъpisati (“to write off”)
• *pьstrъ (“colourful”)

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyḱ- (1 c, 0 e)

• *pěga (“freckle”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьсати (pĭsati)
    • Belarusian: піса́ць (pisácʹ)
    • Russian: писа́ть (pisátʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: писа́ти (pysáty)
    • Ukrainian: писа́ти (pysáty)
  • Old Novgorodian: пьсати (pĭsati), писати (pisati)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Church Slavonic: пьсати (pĭsati)

    Old Church Slavonic: ⱂⱐⱄⰰⱅⰹ (pĭsati)

  • Bulgarian: пи́ша (píša)
  • Macedonian: пишува (pišuva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Serbo-Croatian: пи́сати

    Serbo-Croatian: písati

  • Slovene: písati, pisáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: psáti, pisati
    • Czech: psát
  • Old Polish: pisać
    • Polish: pisać
    • Silesian: pisać
  • Slovak: písať
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: pisac
    • Slovincian: pjisac
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pisać
    • Lower Sorbian: pisaś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “писать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “писать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 35
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “писати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 938