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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьliti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *dl̥h₁-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, to distribute”).
Verb
*dьliti impf[1]
- to prolong, to delay
Inflection
Conjugation of *dьliti, *dьli, *dьlitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *dьľenьje | *dьliti | *dьlitъ | *dьlilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *dьľenъ | *dьlimъ |
| Active | *dьľь | *dьlę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *dьlixъ | *dьli | *dьli | *dьľǫ | *dьliši | *dьlitь |
| Dual | *dьlixově | *dьlista | *dьliste | *dьlivě | *dьlita | *dьlite |
| Plural | *dьlixomъ | *dьliste | *dьlišę | *dьlimъ | *dьlite | *dьlętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *dьľaaxъ | *dьľaaše | *dьľaaše | — | *dьli | *dьli |
| Dual | *dьľaaxově | *dьľaašeta | *dьľaašete | *dьlivě | *dьlita | — |
| Plural | *dьľaaxomъ | *dьľaašete | *dьľaaxǫ | *dьlimъ | *dьlite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*dьlivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *dьlь (“length”)
- *dьľa (“for, because”) (preposition)
- *dьlina (“length”)
- *delěti (“to overcome”)
- *dьlgъ (“long”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: дли́ть (dlítʹ)
- South Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: продьлѭ (prodĭljǫ)
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: dlíti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “длить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 210
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dьliti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133: “v. ‘last’”