ѥти

See also: єти and ети

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

PIE word
*h₃yébʰeti

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jetì (to copulate).[1] Cognate with Old East Slavic ѥти (jeti), Ukrainian є́ти (jéty), Russian е́ть (jétʹ), ети́ (jetí), Ancient Greek οἴφω (oíphō), Sanskrit यभति (yábhati).

Verb

ѥти • (jetiimpf[2]

  1. (vulgar) to copulate, to fuck
    • c. 1140‒1160, Грамота № Ст. Р. 35[3] [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 35], Staraya Russa:
      Ѧкове брате еби лежѧ ебехото аесово
      Jękove brate jebi ležę jebexoto ajesovo
      Yakov, brother fuck lying down, lustful you shover eggs

Conjugation

  • imperative: ѥби (jebi)[2][3]
nouns
verbs

References

  1. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2021) “ебáть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 229
  2. 2.0 2.1 Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 737
  3. 3.0 3.1 еби (letter no. St. R. 35), c. 1140‒1160”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎[2][3] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025

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