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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shine”), related to Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”), Proto-Germanic *skīmarōną (“to shimmer”).[1] Both root thematic[2] and secondary stative[3] conjugation in *-jati are attested, with no difference in meaning.
Verb
*sijati impf[1][4]
- to shine, to illuminate
- Synonyms: *světiti, *ozariti
Inflection
Conjugation of
*sijati, *sě, *sějetь (
impf.,
intr., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*sětьje
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*sijati
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*sijatъ
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*sělъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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—
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—
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Active
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*sěvъ
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*sěję
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Singular
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*sěxъ |
*sě |
*sě
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*sějǫ |
*sěješi |
*sějetь
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Dual
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*sěxově |
*sěsta |
*sěste
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*sějevě |
*sějeta |
*sějete
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Plural
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*sěxomъ |
*sěste |
*sěšę
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*sějemъ |
*sějete |
*sějǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*sěaxъ |
*sěaše |
*sěaše
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— |
*sěji |
*sěji
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Dual
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*sěaxově |
*sěašeta |
*sěašete
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*sějivě |
*sějita |
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Plural
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*sěaxomъ |
*sěašete |
*sěaxǫ
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*sějimъ |
*sějite |
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Conjugation of
*sijati, *sija, *sijajetь (
impf.,
intr., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*sijanьje
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*sijati
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*sijatъ
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*sijalъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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—
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—
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Active
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*sijavъ
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*sijaję
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Singular
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*sijaxъ |
*sija |
*sija
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*sijajǫ |
*sijaješi |
*sijajetь
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Dual
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*sijaxově |
*sijasta |
*sijaste
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*sijajevě |
*sijajeta |
*sijajete
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Plural
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*sijaxomъ |
*sijaste |
*sijašę
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*sijajemъ |
*sijajete |
*sijajǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*sijaaxъ |
*sijaaše |
*sijaaše
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— |
*sijaji |
*sijaji
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Dual
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*sijaaxově |
*sijaašeta |
*sijaašete
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*sijajivě |
*sijajita |
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Plural
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*sijaaxomъ |
*sijaašete |
*sijaaxǫ
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*sijajimъ |
*sijajite |
—
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Derived terms
- *sijajьnъ (“radiant, bright”)
- *sinica (“tit”)
- *siňь (“blue, glaucus”)
- *sivъ (“gray, faint”) (possibly)
- *sojь (“shady”) (possibly)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сиꙗти (sijati)
- Belarusian: ззяць (zzjacʹ)
- Russian: сия́ть (sijátʹ)
- Ukrainian: ся́яти (sjájaty), ся́ти (sjáty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: сиꙗти (sijati)
- Glagolitic script: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: сия́я (sijája), осе́я (oséja)
- Macedonian: сјае (sjae)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: сѝјати, сја̏ти
- Latin script: sìjati, sjȁti
- Slovene: sijáti
- West Slavic:
- Kashubian: sëjac (“illuminate”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сия́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сияя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 712
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sijati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 450: “v. 'shine'”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sьjati: sějǫ sějetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 205, 246)”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sьjati: sьjajǫ sьjajetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a ?så (PR 134)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “sijáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sьja̋ti”