Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skaliti

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

Per Vasmer, related to *skala.

Verb

*skaliti

1. to chop

Inflection

Conjugation of *skaliti, *skali, *skalitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*skaľenьje	*skaliti	*skalitъ	*skalilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*skaľenъ	*skalimъ
Active	*skaľь	*skalę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skalixъ	*skali	*skali	*skaľǫ	*skališi	*skalitь
Dual	*skalixově	*skalista	*skaliste	*skalivě	*skalita	*skalite
Plural	*skalixomъ	*skaliste	*skališę	*skalimъ	*skalite	*skalętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skaľaaxъ	*skaľaaše	*skaľaaše	—	*skali	*skali
Dual	*skaľaaxově	*skaľaašeta	*skaľaašete	*skalivě	*skalita	—
Plural	*skaľaaxomъ	*skaľaašete	*skaľaaxǫ	*skalimъ	*skalite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: скаліць (skalicʹ)
  • Russian: ска́лить (skálitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: ска́лити (skályty)
• West Slavic
  • Polish: skalić (obsolete)

Further reading

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