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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nesti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *neśtei (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁neḱ- (Derksen), *neḱ- / *eneḱ- (“to reach, arrive, carry”) (ЭССЯ) or *h₂neḱ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἤνεγκα (ḗnenka, “I brought”) (aorist of φέρω (phérō)).
Verb
*nesti impf[1]
- to carry, to bring
Conjugation
Conjugation of *nesti, *nese, *nesetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *nesenьje | *nesti | *nestъ | *neslъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *nesenъ | *nesomъ |
| Active | *nesъ | *nesy |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *nes(ox)ъ | *nese | *nese | *nesǫ | *neseši | *nesetь |
| Dual | *nes(ox)ově | *nes(e/os)ta | *nes(e/os)te | *nesevě | *neseta | *nesete |
| Plural | *nes(ox)omъ | *nes(e/os)te | *nesǫ, *nesošę | *nesemъ | *nesete | *nesǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *nesěaxъ | *nesěaše | *nesěaše | — | *nesi | *nesi |
| Dual | *nesěaxově | *nesěašeta | *nesěašete | *nesěvě | *nesěta | — |
| Plural | *nesěaxomъ | *nesěašete | *nesěaxǫ | *nesěmъ | *nesěte | — |
Derived terms
- *nositi (“to carry, to bear”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: нести (nesti)
- Old Ruthenian: нести (nesti)
- Belarusian: не́сці (njésci)
- Rusyn: не́сти (nésty)
- Ukrainian: нести́ (nestý)
- Russian: нести́ (nestí)
- Old Ruthenian: нести (nesti)
- Old East Slavic: нести (nesti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: нести (nesti)
- Glagolitic: ⱀⰵⱄⱅⰻ (nesti)
- Bulgarian: неса́ (nesá)
- Macedonian: несе (nese)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: не̏сти
- Latin: nȅsti
- Slovene: nésti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: nésti
- Czech: nést
- Polish: nieść
- Silesian: niyś
- Slovincian: ńìḙsc
- Slovak: niesť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: njesć
- Lower Sorbian: njasć
- Old Czech: nésti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “несу”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nesti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350