Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьsovati

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 *pьsъ +‎ *-ovati.

Verb

*pьsovati impf

  1. to scold, to insult; to mock, to spoil

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пьсовати (pĭsovati)
      • Old Ruthenian: псовати (psovati)
        • Belarusian: псава́ць (psavácʹ); псува́ць (psuvácʹ), псуць (psucʹ) (dialectal)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: псова́ти (psováty)
        • Ukrainian: псува́ти (psuváty)
      • Russian: псова́ть (psovátʹ), псувать (psuvatʹ), псить (psitʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⱂⱐⱄⱁⰲⰰⱅⰻ (pĭsovati)
      Old Cyrillic script: пьсовати (pĭsovati)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: псо̀вати
      Latin script: psòvati
    • Slovene: psováti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: psovati, psouti
    • Middle Polish: psować
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: psowac
      • Slovincian: psac