Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmetati

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 *sъ(n)- +‎ *metati (“to throw”).

Verb

*sъmetati pf

1. (transitive) to collect, to gather

Inflection

Conjugation of *sъmetati, *sъmeta, *sъmeťetь (perf., tr., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sъmetanьje	*sъmetati	*sъmetatъ	*sъmetalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sъmetanъ	—
Active	*sъmetavъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sъmetaxъ	*sъmeta	*sъmeta	*sъmeťǫ	*sъmeťeši	*sъmeťetь
Dual	*sъmetaxově	*sъmetasta	*sъmetaste	*sъmeťevě	*sъmeťeta	*sъmeťete
Plural	*sъmetaxomъ	*sъmetaste	*sъmetašę	*sъmeťemъ	*sъmeťete	*sъmeťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*sъmeťi	*sъmeťi
Dual	—	—	—	*sъmeťivě	*sъmeťita	—
Plural	—	—	—	*sъmeťimъ	*sъmeťite	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Derived terms

• *sъmetana

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: съметати (sŭmetati)
    • Russian: смета́ть (smetátʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: съметати (sŭmetati)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⰿⰵⱅⰰⱅⰻ (sŭmetati)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: смѐтати

    Latin script: smètati

  • Slovene: zmetáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: smetati, zmetati
  • Old Polish: zmiotać, zmietać
    • Polish: zmiotać
  • Slovak: zmetať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: zmjetać
    • Lower Sorbian: zmjataś