Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sčemiti

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

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Verb

*sčemiti

1. to pinch

Inflection

Conjugation of *sčemiti, *sčemi, *sčemitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sčemľenьje	*sčemiti	*sčemitъ	*sčemilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sčemľenъ	*sčemimъ
Active	*sčemľь	*sčemę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sčemixъ	*sčemi	*sčemi	*sčemľǫ	*sčemiši	*sčemitь
Dual	*sčemixově	*sčemista	*sčemiste	*sčemivě	*sčemita	*sčemite
Plural	*sčemixomъ	*sčemiste	*sčemišę	*sčemimъ	*sčemite	*sčemętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sčemľaaxъ	*sčemľaaše	*sčemľaaše	—	*sčemi	*sčemi
Dual	*sčemľaaxově	*sčemľaašeta	*sčemľaašete	*sčemivě	*sčemita	—
Plural	*sčemľaaxomъ	*sčemľaašete	*sčemľaaxǫ	*sčemimъ	*sčemite	—

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

Related terms

• *skomiti (“to compress”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: щемíць
  • Russian: щеми́ть (ščemítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: щеми́ти (ščemýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: ščmíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: szczmić

Further reading

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