Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smьrděti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *smirˀdḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-.

Verb

*smьrdě̀ti impf

1. to stink

Inflection

Conjugation of *smьrděti, *smьrdě, *smьrditь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*smьrděnьje	*smьrděti	*smьrdětъ	*smьrdělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*smьrděvъ	*smьrdę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*smьrděxъ	*smьrdě	*smьrdě	*smьrďǫ	*smьrdiši	*smьrditь
Dual	*smьrděxově	*smьrděsta	*smьrděste	*smьrdivě	*smьrdita	*smьrdite
Plural	*smьrděxomъ	*smьrděste	*smьrděšę	*smьrdimъ	*smьrdite	*smьrdętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*smьrděaxъ	*smьrděaše	*smьrděaše	—	*smьrdi	*smьrdi
Dual	*smьrděaxově	*smьrděašeta	*smьrděašete	*smьrdivě	*smьrdita	—
Plural	*smьrděaxomъ	*smьrděašete	*smьrděaxǫ	*smьrdimъ	*smьrdite	—

Related terms

• *smȏrdъ (“stench”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: смьрдѣти (smĭrděti)
    • Belarusian: смярдзе́ць (smjardzjécʹ)
    • Russian: смерде́ть (smerdétʹ)
    • Ukrainian: смерді́ти (smerdíty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: смрьдѣти (smrĭděti)

    Glagolitic: ⱄⰿⱃⱐⰴⱑⱅⰻ (smrĭděti)

  • Bulgarian: смърдя́ (smǎrdjá)
  • Macedonian: смрди (smrdi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: смр̀дети, смр̀дјети, смр̀дити

    Latin script: smr̀deti, smr̀djeti, smr̀diti

  • Slovene: smrdẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: smrděti
    • Czech: smrdět
  • Polabian: smardĕt
  • Old Polish: śmierdzieć
    • Polish: śmierdzieć
  • Slovak: smrdieť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: smjerdźić
    • Lower Sorbian: smjerźiś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смерде́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 570
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “смерде́ть”, 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 178