Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sočiti

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 *sákīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéyeti, from the root *sekʷ- (“say”).

Verb

*sočìti

1. to indicate, to point
2. to look for, to track down
3. to accuse, to conduct an accusation

Inflection

Conjugation of *sočiti, *soči, *sočitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sočenьje	*sočiti	*sočitъ	*sočilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sočenъ	*sočimъ
Active	*sočь	*sočę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sočixъ	*soči	*soči	*sočǫ	*sočiši	*sočitь
Dual	*sočixově	*sočista	*sočiste	*sočivě	*sočita	*sočite
Plural	*sočixomъ	*sočiste	*sočišę	*sočimъ	*sočite	*sočętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sočaaxъ	*sočaaše	*sočaaše	—	*soči	*soči
Dual	*sočaaxově	*sočaašeta	*sočaašete	*sočivě	*sočita	—
Plural	*sočaaxomъ	*sočaašete	*sočaaxǫ	*sočimъ	*sočite	—

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

Derived terms

• *o(b)sočiti (“to focus, to round up”)
  • *o(b)soka, *o(b)osočьnъ, *o(b)sočьnikъ
• *nasočiti (“to direct, to guideline”)
  • *nasoka, *nasočьnъ
• *posočiti (“to point out”)
  • *posoka, *posočьnъ
• *usočiti (“to target”)
  • *usočьnъ

Related terms

• *sokъ (“accuser”)
• *sakati (“to look for, to demand”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сочити (sočiti)
    • Belarusian: сачы́ць (sačýcʹ)
    • Russian: сочи́ть (sočítʹ) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: сочи́ти (sočýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: со́ча (sóča)
  • Macedonian: сочи (soči)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: со̀чити

    Latin script: sòčiti

  • Serbian Church Slavonic: сочити (sočiti)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: soczyć
  • Old Czech: sočiti
    • Czech: sočit (“to bear a grudge”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сочи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “соча”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 376