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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nizati
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *nьziti + *-ati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁neǵʰ- (“to pierce”).
Verb
*nizati
- (transitive) to string (to put (items) on a string)
- Synonym: *navelťi
Inflection
Conjugation of *nizati, *niza, *nižetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
---|---|---|---|
*nizanьje | *nizati | *nizatъ | *nizalъ |
Participles | ||
---|---|---|
Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *nizanъ | *nižemъ |
Active | *nizavъ | *nižę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *nizaxъ | *niza | *niza | *nižǫ | *nižeši | *nižetь |
Dual | *nizaxově | *nizasta | *nizaste | *niževě | *nižeta | *nižete |
Plural | *nizaxomъ | *nizaste | *nizašę | *nižemъ | *nižete | *nižǫtь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *nizaaxъ | *nizaaše | *nizaaše | — | *niži | *niži |
Dual | *nizaaxově | *nizaašeta | *nizaašete | *niživě | *nižita | — |
Plural | *nizaaxomъ | *nizaašete | *nizaaxǫ | *nižimъ | *nižite | — |
Related terms
noun
- *nožь
verb
- *noziti
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ніза́ць (nizácʹ)
- Russian: низа́ть (nizátʹ)
- Ukrainian: низа́ти (nyzáty)
- Old East Slavic:
- South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: низати (nizati)
- Bulgarian: ни́жа (níža)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ни́зати
- Latin: nizati
- Slovene: nízati (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic
- Polish: nizać
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: nizaś
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “низа́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress