Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęťi
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēˀg-, *senˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *seg-, *seng-. Cognate with Lithuanian sègti (“to fasten, to pin”) (1sg. segù, 1sg. past segiaũ), Latvian segt (“to cover”) (1sg. sȩdzu), Sanskrit सजति (sájati, “to adhere to”), causative सञ्जयति (sañjayati), Old Persian [script needed] (frahanǰati, “to hang”), Old Irish suanem (“rope”) < *sogn-.
Verb
[edit]*sęťi
- to reach for
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *sęťi, *sęže, *sęžetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
---|---|---|---|
*sęženьje | *sęťi | *sęťь | *sęglъ |
Participles | ||
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Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *sęženъ | *sęgomъ |
Active | *sęgъ | *sęgy |
Aorist | Present | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *sęg(ox)ъ | *sęže | *sęže | *sęgǫ | *sęžeši | *sęžetь |
Dual | *sęg(ox)ově | *sęg(e/os)ta | *sęg(e/os)te | *sęževě | *sęžeta | *sęžete |
Plural | *sęg(ox)omъ | *sęg(e/os)te | *sęgǫ, *sęgošę | *sęžemъ | *sęžete | *sęgǫtь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *sęžaaxъ | *sęžaaše | *sęžaaše | — | *sędzi | *sędzi |
Dual | *sęžaaxově | *sęžaašeta | *sęžaašete | *sędzěvě | *sędzěta | — |
Plural | *sęžaaxomъ | *sęžaašete | *sęžaaxǫ | *sędzěmъ | *sędzěte | — |
- Notes:
- Aorist *sęgeste ⇒ *sęžeste, ...
Derived terms
[edit]- *sę̀gati, *sę̀dzati (“to reach for, to attain”)
- *sę̄gnǫ̀ti (“to reach for, to attain”)
- *prisęga (“oath, vow”)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: досꙗчи (dosjači), досꙗщи (dosjašti) (Russian)
- Ukrainian: сягти́ (sjahtý) (colloquial)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: сѧщи (sęšti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: sẹ́či (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sęgti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сяга́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress