Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svirati

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

Probably from *(s)kvьrъ +‎ *-ěti, itself of onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

*svirati impf^[1]

to whistle
to play music

Conjugation

Conjugation of *svirati, *svira, *sviritь (impf., intr., -a/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sviranьje	*svirati	*sviratъ	*sviralъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*sviravъ	*svirę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sviraxъ	*svira	*svira	*sviřǫ	*sviriši	*sviritь
Dual	*sviraxově	*svirasta	*sviraste	*svirivě	*svirita	*svirite
Plural	*sviraxomъ	*sviraste	*svirašę	*svirimъ	*svirite	*svirętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sviraaxъ	*sviraaše	*sviraaše	—	*sviri	*sviri
Dual	*sviraaxově	*sviraašeta	*sviraašete	*svirivě	*svirita	—
Plural	*sviraaxomъ	*sviraašete	*sviraaxǫ	*svirimъ	*svirite	—

Derived terms

*svirъka (“whistle, flute”)
*svirьcь (“music player”)
*sviračь (“musician”)
*svirělь (“pipe, svirel (musical instrument)”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: свирати (svirati)
- Bulgarian: свиря (svirja)
- Macedonian: свири (sviri)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сви́рати
  
  Latin script: svírati
- Slovene: svȋrati (tonal orthography)

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “svȋrati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*svira̋ti”

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “svȋrati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*svira̋ti”

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