Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tomiti

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-Indo-European *temH-.

Verb

*tomiti

1. to torment

Conjugation

Conjugation of *tomiti, *tomi, *tomitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*tomľenьje	*tomiti	*tomitъ	*tomilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*tomľenъ	*tomimъ
Active	*tomľь	*tomę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tomixъ	*tomi	*tomi	*tomľǫ	*tomiši	*tomitь
Dual	*tomixově	*tomista	*tomiste	*tomivě	*tomita	*tomite
Plural	*tomixomъ	*tomiste	*tomišę	*tomimъ	*tomite	*tomętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tomľaaxъ	*tomľaaše	*tomľaaše	—	*tomi	*tomi
Dual	*tomľaaxově	*tomľaašeta	*tomľaašete	*tomivě	*tomita	—
Plural	*tomľaaxomъ	*tomľaašete	*tomľaaxǫ	*tomimъ	*tomite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: тамі́ць (tamícʹ)
  • Russian: томи́ть (tomítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: томи́ти (tomýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: томити (tomiti)
  • Slovene: tomljáti (tonal orthography)

Further reading

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