Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/značiti

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 *znakъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*značiti

1. to mean?

Inflection

Conjugation of *značiti, *znači, *značitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*značenьje	*značiti	*značitъ	*značilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*značenъ	*značimъ
Active	*značь	*značę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*značixъ	*znači	*znači	*značǫ	*značiši	*značitь
Dual	*značixově	*značista	*značiste	*značivě	*značita	*značite
Plural	*značixomъ	*značiste	*značišę	*značimъ	*značite	*značętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*značaaxъ	*značaaše	*značaaše	—	*znači	*znači
Dual	*značaaxově	*značaašeta	*značaašete	*značivě	*značita	—
Plural	*značaaxomъ	*značaašete	*značaaxǫ	*značimъ	*značite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: зна́чыць (znáčycʹ)
  • Russian: зна́чить (znáčitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: зна́чити (znáčyty)
• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: зна́ча (znáča)
  • Macedonian: значи (znači)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зна́чити

    Latin script: znáčiti

  • Slovene: znáčiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: značit
  • East Lechitic:
    • Polish: znaczyć
    • Silesian: znaczyć
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: znaczëc
    • Slovincian: znaczic
  • Slovak: značiť

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “знак”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 648
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “знача”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 649