Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sluti

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwt, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to listen to”). In Slavic, the root vowel was retracted to *-o- before heterosyllabic *-w- (as in *novъ < Pre-Slavic *néwos).

Verb

*slùti impf

1. to express in words, to utter
2. to have reputation for

Alternative forms

• *slyti (in East Slavic)

Inflection

Conjugation of *sluti, *slu, *slovetь (impf., intr., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*slutьje	*sluti	*slutъ	*slulъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*sluvъ	*slovy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sluxъ	*slu	*slu	*slovǫ	*sloveši	*slovetь
Dual	*sluxově	*slusta	*sluste	*slovevě	*sloveta	*slovete
Plural	*sluxomъ	*sluste	*slušę	*slovemъ	*slovete	*slovǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slověaxъ	*slověaše	*slověaše	—	*slovi	*slovi
Dual	*slověaxově	*slověašeta	*slověašete	*slověvě	*slověta	—
Plural	*slověaxomъ	*slověašete	*slověaxǫ	*slověmъ	*slověte	—

Conjugation of *slyti, *sly, *slyvetь (impf., intr., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*slytьje	*slyti	*slytъ	*slylъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*slyvъ	*slyvy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slyxъ	*sly	*sly	*slyvǫ	*slyveši	*slyvetь
Dual	*slyxově	*slysta	*slyste	*slyvevě	*slyveta	*slyvete
Plural	*slyxomъ	*slyste	*slyšę	*slyvemъ	*slyvete	*slyvǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slyvěaxъ	*slyvěaše	*slyvěaše	—	*slyvi	*slyvi
Dual	*slyvěaxově	*slyvěašeta	*slyvěašete	*slyvěvě	*slyvěta	—
Plural	*slyvěaxomъ	*slyvěašete	*slyvěaxǫ	*slyvěmъ	*slyvěte	—

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew- (0 c, 2 e)

Derived terms

• *sloviti (“to put in words”)
  • *prosloviti (“to resound, to glorify”)
  • *bolgosloviti (“to bless”)
• *uslovьje (“condition, proviso”)
• *sъslovьje (“estate, social group”) (calque of Ancient Greek σύλλογος (súllogos, “assembly”))
• *poslovica (“proverb”)

Descendants

From *sluti:

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: слути (sluti)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: слоути (sluti)

  • Bulgarian: словя́ (slovjá) (obsolete)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: слу̏ти (obsolete), словити

    Latin script: slȕti (obsolete), sloviti

  • Slovene: slúti (tonal orthography) (obsolete), sloveti
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: slúti
    • Czech: slout (archaic)
  • Old Polish: słuć
  • Slovak: sluť

From *slyti:

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: слыць (slycʹ)
  • Russian: слыть (slytʹ)
  • Ukrainian: сли́ти (slýty)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: słynąć
    • Polish: słynąć

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “слыть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “слыть”, 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 177
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “-сло̀вя, -словя̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 108