Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/snubiti

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *snǫbiti (per Vasmer, secondary dialectal variant)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)newbʰ- (“to wed, to match”), possibly related to *(s)neh₁- (“to fasten, to thread”). Cognate with Latin nūbō (“to get married”) and akin to Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride”).

Verb

*snubìti impf

1. to wed, to matchmake

   Synonyms: *svatovati, *sъvoditi

2. to betroth

Conjugation

Conjugation of *snubiti, *snubi, *snubitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*snubľenьje	*snubiti	*snubitъ	*snubilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*snubľenъ	*snubimъ
Active	*snubľь	*snubę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*snubixъ	*snubi	*snubi	*snubľǫ	*snubiši	*snubitь
Dual	*snubixově	*snubista	*snubiste	*snubivě	*snubita	*snubite
Plural	*snubixomъ	*snubiste	*snubišę	*snubimъ	*snubite	*snubętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*snubľaaxъ	*snubľaaše	*snubľaaše	—	*snubi	*snubi
Dual	*snubľaaxově	*snubľaašeta	*snubľaašete	*snubivě	*snubita	—
Plural	*snubľaaxomъ	*snubľaašete	*snubľaaxǫ	*snubimъ	*snubite	—

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

Derived terms

• *snubьcь, *snubačь, *snubokъ (“matchmaker”)
• *děvisnubъ, *děvosnubъ (“escort of the bride”)

Related terms

• *snuti, *snovati (“to warp”)
• *snъxa (“bride”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: снубити (snubiti)
    • Russian: сну́бить (snúbitʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: сноубити (snubiti) (Russian recension)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сну́бити

    Latin script: snúbiti

  • Slovene: snúbiti, snóbiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: snúbiti
    • Czech: snoubit
  • Old Polish: snębić
  • Slovak: snúbiť

Further reading

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