Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sopěti

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 *soti +‎ *-ěti.

Verb

*sopěti

1. to wheeze, whistle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sopěti, *sopě, *sopitь (?, -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sopěnьje	*sopěti	*sopětъ	*sopělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sopěnъ	*sopimъ
Active	*sopěvъ	*sopę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sopěxъ	*sopě	*sopě	*sopľǫ	*sopiši	*sopitь
Dual	*sopěxově	*sopěsta	*sopěste	*sopivě	*sopita	*sopite
Plural	*sopěxomъ	*sopěste	*sopěšę	*sopimъ	*sopite	*sopętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sopěaxъ	*sopěaše	*sopěaše	—	*sopi	*sopi
Dual	*sopěaxově	*sopěašeta	*sopěašete	*sopivě	*sopita	—
Plural	*sopěaxomъ	*sopěašete	*sopěaxǫ	*sopimъ	*sopite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сопѣти (sopěti)
    • Old Ruthenian: сопѣ́ти (sopě́ti)
      • Belarusian: сапе́ць (sapjécʹ)
      • Ukrainian: сопі́ти (sopíty)
    • Russian: сопе́ть (sopétʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: sopẹ́ti (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1972) “сопе́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 718
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2006), “сапці́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 11 (раб – сая́н), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 315: “прасл. *sopti, *sopěti, *sapati”