Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xyliti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *xylъ (“frail, ailing”) + *-iti.
Verb
*xyliti
- (reflexive with *sę) to contort, to succumb (to give away under pressure)
- to tilt, to slant (in the direction of an applied force)
Inflection
Conjugation of *xyliti, *xyli, *xylitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *xyľenьje | *xyliti | *xylitъ | *xylilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *xyľenъ | *xylimъ |
| Active | *xyľь | *xylę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *xylixъ | *xyli | *xyli | *xyľǫ | *xyliši | *xylitь |
| Dual | *xylixově | *xylista | *xyliste | *xylivě | *xylita | *xylite |
| Plural | *xylixomъ | *xyliste | *xylišę | *xylimъ | *xylite | *xylętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *xyľaaxъ | *xyľaaše | *xyľaaše | — | *xyli | *xyli |
| Dual | *xyľaaxově | *xyľaašeta | *xyľaašete | *xylivě | *xylita | — |
| Plural | *xyľaaxomъ | *xyľaašete | *xyľaaxǫ | *xylimъ | *xylite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*xylivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *xylěti (“to languish”)
- *xylostь (“frailty”)
- *xylъkъ, *xylavъ (“feeble”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: хiлíць (xilícʹ)
- Russian: хили́ть (xilítʹ) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: хили́ти (xylýty)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: híliti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xyliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 155
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хи́лый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress