Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sčemiti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Verb
*sčemiti
- to pinch
Inflection
Conjugation of *sčemiti, *sčemi, *sčemitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *sčemľenьje | *sčemiti | *sčemitъ | *sčemilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *sčemľenъ | *sčemimъ |
| Active | *sčemľь | *sčemę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sčemixъ | *sčemi | *sčemi | *sčemľǫ | *sčemiši | *sčemitь |
| Dual | *sčemixově | *sčemista | *sčemiste | *sčemivě | *sčemita | *sčemite |
| Plural | *sčemixomъ | *sčemiste | *sčemišę | *sčemimъ | *sčemite | *sčemętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sčemľaaxъ | *sčemľaaše | *sčemľaaše | — | *sčemi | *sčemi |
| Dual | *sčemľaaxově | *sčemľaašeta | *sčemľaašete | *sčemivě | *sčemita | — |
| Plural | *sčemľaaxomъ | *sčemľaašete | *sčemľaaxǫ | *sčemimъ | *sčemite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*sčemivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *skomiti (“to compress”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: щемíць
- Russian: щеми́ть (ščemítʹ)
- Ukrainian: щеми́ти (ščemýty)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: ščmíti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: szczmić
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щеми́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress