Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žitъčiti

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

Back-formation from *požitъčiti. May have been formed in post-Proto-Slavic.

Verb

*žitъčiti impf^[1]

(intransitive, West Slavic) to wish

Inflection

Conjugation of *žitъčiti, *žitъči, *žitъčitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*žitъčenьje	*žitъčiti	*žitъčitъ	*žitъčilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*žitъčenъ	*žitъčimъ
Active	*žitъčь	*žitъčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žitъčixъ	*žitъči	*žitъči	*žitъčǫ	*žitъčiši	*žitъčitь
Dual	*žitъčixově	*žitъčista	*žitъčiste	*žitъčivě	*žitъčita	*žitъčite
Plural	*žitъčixomъ	*žitъčiste	*žitъčišę	*žitъčimъ	*žitъčite	*žitъčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žitъčaaxъ	*žitъčaaše	*žitъčaaše	—	*žitъči	*žitъči
Dual	*žitъčaaxově	*žitъčaašeta	*žitъčaašete	*žitъčivě	*žitъčita	—
Plural	*žitъčaaxomъ	*žitъčaašete	*žitъčaaxǫ	*žitъčimъ	*žitъčite	—

(*)*žitъčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Czech: žičiti (dialectal)
- Kashubian: żëczëc
- Old Polish: życzyć
  - Polish: życzyć
  - → Old Ruthenian: зы́чыти (zýčyti), зы́чити (zýčiti), зи́чити (zíčiti)
    - Belarusian: зы́чыць (zýčycʹ)
    - Ukrainian: зи́чити (zýčyty); жи́чити (žýčyty) (dialectal)
    - → Middle Russian: зы́чити (zýčiti) (16-17ᵗʰ c.)
      - Russian: зы́чить (zýčitʹ) (dialectal)
- Slovak: žičiť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: žičić
  - Lower Sorbian: žycyś

References

^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “życzyć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 758

[1] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “życzyć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 758

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