Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/spěti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *spḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁-ti (root present), from *speh₁- (“succeed, prosper”).
Verb
*spě̀ti impf[1]
Conjugation
Conjugation of *spěti, *spě, *spějetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *spětьje | *spěti | *spětъ | *spělъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *spětъ | *spějemъ |
| Active | *spěvъ | *spěję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *spěxъ | *spě | *spě | *spějǫ | *spěješi | *spějetь |
| Dual | *spěxově | *spěsta | *spěste | *spějevě | *spějeta | *spějete |
| Plural | *spěxomъ | *spěste | *spěšę | *spějemъ | *spějete | *spějǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *spěaxъ | *spěaše | *spěaše | — | *spěji | *spěji |
| Dual | *spěaxově | *spěašeta | *spěašete | *spějivě | *spějita | — |
| Plural | *spěaxomъ | *spěašete | *spěaxǫ | *spějimъ | *spějite | — |
Related terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: spět
- Slovak: spieť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: spěć
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “спеть”, 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 193
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*spě̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464