Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьsati

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *peiśtei or *peiśātei, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark, color, paint, decorate, embroider”).[1]

    Baltic cognates include Lithuanian piẽšti (piešiù), paišýti (paišaũ), Old Prussian peisāi, (peisāton).

    Verb

    *pьsati[1][2]

    1. to draw, depict
      Synonym: *čьrtati
    2. to write

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of *pьsati, *pьsa, *pišetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
    Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
    *pьsanьje *pьsati *pьsatъ *pьsalъ
    Participles
    Tense Past Present
    Passive *pьsanъ *pišemъ
    Active *pьsavъ *pišę
    Aorist Present
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *pьsaxъ *pьsa *pьsa *pišǫ *pišeši *pišetь
    Dual *pьsaxově *pьsasta *pьsaste *piševě *pišeta *pišete
    Plural *pьsaxomъ *pьsaste *pьsašę *pišemъ *pišete *pišǫtь
    Imperfect Imperative
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *pьsaaxъ *pьsaaše *pьsaaše — *piši *piši
    Dual *pьsaaxově *pьsaašeta *pьsaašete *pišivě *pišita —
    Plural *pьsaaxomъ *pьsaašete *pьsaaxǫ *pišimъ *pišite —

    See also

    Derived terms

    • *napisati (“to write (down)”)
    • *otъpisati (“to write off”)
    • *pisadlo (“pencil”)
    • *pisьmo (“writing, letter”)
    • *pisuľa
    • *pьsanьje (“writing; that which is written”)
    • *pьstrъ (“colourful”)
    Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyḱ- (1 c, 0 e)

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “писать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “писать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 35
    • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “писати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 938

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьsàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
    2. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎[1], University of Vienna, page 6: “*pъsa̋ti”
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